As workers are becoming more mobile, the use of wi-fi’s is very prevalent in “Third Place” worksites like coffee shopes etc. is becoming prevalent.
As a result, hackers are beginning to target wifi hotspots for pilfering information by mirroring the real login site.
Evidently Starbucks is a popular target as well as T-mobile hotspots and hackers are passing the codes around to steal your personal information.
Sadly safeguards such as digital certificates can’t always guarantee protection
The best tip to protect against this threat include having your own “identity theft protection” system in place along with a firewall.
From the Times Online
Times Online has uncovered evidence that criminals are using a technique known as an ‘evil twin attack’, where victims think that they are logging on to the genuine network in a café but are in fact being diverted to a ‘rogue’ connection.
Once logged on to the twin network, the victim’s every keystroke is captured by the fraudster, who controls the connection from a nearby laptop and uses it to extract information for the purpose of committing identity fraud.
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