Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

What is a fake access point?

Basically, a fake AP is an AP that looks normal to users and doesn't have encryption on it, so people can connect without having to enter a key. It's an open network, and it should have an internet connection to attract people to it. Why would we create a fake AP? Well, if we create one, we will attract a large number of people to connect to the network and access the internet. They will log in to their accounts, and we can use packet sniffing to capture anything that they log.

Creating an AP is simple; it just needs to be set up correctly, so that the AP can function. The first things we will need are two cards:

• A card needs to be connected to the internet. It doesn't matter what card it is—3G, wired, wireless—all ...