Authors :
Amina Marat
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 9 - September
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/z3dfukja
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8366687
Abstract :
Public Wi-Fi hotspots have become
omnipresent in coffee shops, airports, and other
commercial locations where customers have come to
expect internet access for their computers, smartphones,
and tablets. Public Wi-Fi users continue to sign in to email
accounts, social networks, bank accounts, and other
websites containing confidential personal data despite the
fact that most of the traffic on public networks is not
encrypted. Such a setting, where a considerable base of
users sends private information over an unsecured
network, could also serve as a hub for malicious hacker
activities. This paper examines the risks associated with
using public networks, analyzes the known hacker exploits
of public Wi-Fi networks, such as man-in-the-middle
attacks, packet sniffing, evil twin, and side jacking, and
offers preventive measures for safer public Wi-Fi usage.
Keywords :
-1- Public Wi-Fi, -2- Risks, -3- Attacks, -4- Protection.
Public Wi-Fi hotspots have become
omnipresent in coffee shops, airports, and other
commercial locations where customers have come to
expect internet access for their computers, smartphones,
and tablets. Public Wi-Fi users continue to sign in to email
accounts, social networks, bank accounts, and other
websites containing confidential personal data despite the
fact that most of the traffic on public networks is not
encrypted. Such a setting, where a considerable base of
users sends private information over an unsecured
network, could also serve as a hub for malicious hacker
activities. This paper examines the risks associated with
using public networks, analyzes the known hacker exploits
of public Wi-Fi networks, such as man-in-the-middle
attacks, packet sniffing, evil twin, and side jacking, and
offers preventive measures for safer public Wi-Fi usage.
Keywords :
-1- Public Wi-Fi, -2- Risks, -3- Attacks, -4- Protection.
