Cybercriminals Target Clueless Vacationers
“This guy doesn’t know it, but he’s putty in the hands of cybercriminals. The newest trend in Internet fraud is “vacation hacking,” a sinister sort of tourist trap.
Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners.
Vacationers on their way to fun in the sun, or already there, think they’re using designated Wi-Fi access points. But instead, they’re signing on to fraudulent networks and hand-delivering everything on their laptops to the crooks*.”
Please click here to read the rest of this story, and find out what you need to know before you use public “hotspots”.
* emphasis mine.
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Duh, anything being transmitted over the air waves is subject to interception.
It is no different than using a cell phone, CB radio, police radio.
Anyone that has the proper receiver can intercept your transmissions!!
Well a smart guy once said, You just can’t fix ‘Stupid’!
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pobept.
Yes, there is nothing new in this “news” story at all.
It is surprising to me how many are unaware of how easy it is to be a “rogue” access point, or have not heard of/thought about a “man-in-the-middle”, but the “average computer user” really is not interested it seems..
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