Public wi-fi can be fun, especially when you don’t realize which networks were legitimately set up by the business.
And they’re really fun when someone pulls the “evil twin” trick, described by Okta.
“A hacker looks for a location with free, popular WiFi. The hacker takes note of the Service Set Identifier (SSID) name. Then, the hacker uses a tool like a WiFi Pineapple to set up a new account with the same SSID. Connected devices can’t differentiate between legitimate connections and fake versions.”
The next steps are to trick users into providing the authentication details for the “good” network, lure people into logging in to the “evil” network, then steal any unencrypted data.
Of course you don’t have to go to those extremes. If the business fails to publicize what the “good” network is called, just set up a network called “ReelOffishelWiFi” and see how many suckers you get.
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