Hackers Target Wi-Fi Networks
Posted December 7, 2009 – 5:15 am in: Articles, Internet News, Security NewsWireless networks have been the call for the day. There has been an increase in the usage of Wi-Fi Internet all over the world. People who use fully secured Wi-Fi network are protected already, whereas people who use particially or unsecured network are at stake. Hence the Wireless Wi-Fi Internet network is now most targeted by the hackers. The usage of unsecured wireless network, it’s like a cup of tea to the hackers. They love to eat it i.e. Hack it without any difficulty. That’s much easy because Wireless networks send/receive packets using radio frequency or optical wavelengths to broadcast.
There are thousands of victims everyday who lose their data / Money online, who get unwanted inquires, who get caught for the mistake or illegal emails which was sent to government for which the person who owns the Wi-Fi network is not responsible. This all happens because of unprotected network, which is utilized by hackers to do all such third-minded activities. If someone hacks your network and sends a treat mail to the government, the cyber crime may first locate the ip, which will belong to person who haven’t sent the mail. Moreover it makes the task difficult and complicated to the police to locate the original sender.
A recent study says that unsecured wireless networks would be next biggest target to the hackers hence the number of Wi-Fi users has been substantially growing day by day. In order to protect the Wi-Fi networks from getting hacked easily, it’s better to follow a few basic security measures such as changing the system password frequently in specific time intervals, changing the default passwords provided by the computer itself, Switching off the Wi-Fi network- when not in use, having a firewall installed in your computer for intrusion prevention and making sure that the internet service provider itself is providing an authenticated network.
The link explains more about wireless networks, authentications and prevention of Hacking Wireless Networks http://www.cs.wright.edu/~pmateti/InternetSecurity/Lectures/WirelessHacks/Mateti-WirelessHacks.htm
