At first, I thought this special bundle deal was a bit odd, but when you stop to think about it, it really makes a lot of sense. When you’re playing on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, you want a fast, lag-free online gaming experience. Of course you want to have a great router to go with your new video game!

Up until December 22 (that’s this Saturday), you can save $40 when you buy a Linksys EA6500 wireless router and a select video game at the same time. The Linksys EA6500 is the newest and hottest router in the lineup, offering you super fast dual-band AC connections, along with Gigabit and two USB ports. There’s some great prioritization algorithms in there too that make sure your online videos and video games don’t suffer from lag and stutters.

There aren’t too many games to choose from for this bundle, but the ones that are included are pretty popular this holiday shopping season. You’ve got Call of Duty: Black Ops II on your choice of either the Xbox 360 or the PS3, as well as Halo 4 for the Xbox 360. Black Ops is on sale for $49.99 ($10 off), while Halo is $39.99 ($20 off). The Linksys router is $199, which is $20 off its regular list price too.

Head over to the special deal page on Amazon to take advantage of this bundle deal.

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As you know, WPS can work two different ways. First, there is that button. You push the WPS button on your router, push the WPS button your wireless device (printer, laptop, etc.) and they automagically recognize each other to give you network access. There isn’t any problem with this method.

The security flaw that has now been revealed has to do with the second method: PIN. The PIN for WPS is supposed to be an eight-digit random number that is predefined by the manufacturer. As such, there are 100 million variations. A brute force attack would just take too long.

However, there is a flaw in how the PIN is addressed. When you enter an incorrect PIN on the wireless device, the router sends a reply saying it’s wrong. But that’s not all the reply indicates. It also tells you whether the first or second halves of the PIN are correct. What’s more, the final digit is a checksum of the other seven digits. Working this all out, a brute force attack can take only 11,000 attempts. That’s a 9000-fold difference. In effect, a brute force PIN attack on a WPS router can take less than four hours.

This apparently affects a wide range of router manufacturers, including such big names as Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin, and ZyXEL. I’m not saying you need to put on your tinfoil hats and put your home on lockdown, but if you are worried about these brute force attacks, the only way to prevent them is to disable WPS on your router.

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