Applied Network Security

The dangers of public Wi-Fi and evil twins

As we learned earlier in the chapter, access points aren't always what they seem to be. It is easy for an attacker to create a rogue access point identical to the real one. We will discuss some dangers of using public Wi-Fi. One of the biggest dangers of using pubic Wi-Fi is lack of awareness. Most users of public Wi-Fi aren't even aware of the existence of evil twins. Many people use public Wi-Fi to conduct banking transactions, purchase items from an online store, and login to e-mail accounts. These actions can lead to personal information being stolen. Most users will never know if they have ever been logged into a rogue access point. Many public Wi-Fi users are also not aware that a virus can ...