Free Wi-Fi Hotspots pose risks to the security of our communication and personal data, warns Europol, the Central European Police Office to fight crime.
As the head of the Europol Rescue Service, Troels Herring, our "sensitive" data and personal information should not be trafficked through free public Wi-Fi hotspots as they can easily be intercepted by hackers.
"Do not share information and sensitive personal data through free and public information Wi-Fi hotspots », Erdogan says on BBC, saying that these should only be sent using secure networks and ideally from everyone's personal computer at home.
His warning comes, he said, after an increase in attacks using public Wi-Fi networks. For the attacks already known sub techniques are usedtheftof data via wifi like "man in the middle” (“the middleman”) in which the hacker comes between the user and the Hotspot intercepting data traffic between them. Another way is for the attacker to "pick up" one himself malicious hotspots to trap its victims and steal the details of those who connect to them.
These hackers usually set up fake Wifi spots with "friendly" names of well-known companies such as "Starbucks Wi-Fi" in order to mislead users. users and intercept information. That is why, as experts on the security of online communication point out, the solution is one and simple: to confirm the validity of the free wi-fi by asking the employees of the company that offers it.
Source: tovima.gr
