Informer
04-05-07, 08:37 PM
Computer users have been warned of the dangers of using wi-fi hotspots after it emerged that cyber-criminals are targeting the networks in café chains including Starbucks.
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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.
More... (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1728634.ece)
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00163/Tech__163282a.jpg
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.
More... (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1728634.ece)