Enable the WIFI deposit router trap to steal personal privacy

Enable the WIFI deposit router trap to steal personal privacy

When the white-collar workers in the first-tier cities enjoy coffee while enjoying free WIFI access via their cell phones and laptops, have you ever wondered whether there is a trap in the free wireless network? Have you ever wondered whether your personal privacy or even your bank card password will be stolen by others?

Recently, some netizens said on Weibo that Wi-Fi in public places has a security crisis. Some hackers only need some simple devices to monitor the content that users connected to the network are browsing, even the user name, password, and other private information can be captured.

It is understood that such a news is not an alarmist, but does exist for a long time. In the early years, a user who claimed to be a "amateur hacker" posted a post on Tianya Forum saying that through his own experiments, he found that mobile phones can easily be cheated into fake wireless networks when surfing the Internet in public. The original article pointed out that in public places such as Starbucks and McDonald's, there is usually a wireless network, as long as a Windows 7 system computer, a set of wireless networks and a network package analysis software, set up a wireless hotspot AP, you can easily build a "Li Gui" Wi-Fi network.

Afterwards, the reporter visited several Starbucks stores in Beijing. When the reporter said that there was a security problem with free Internet access, the waiter subconsciously asked: "What is the security problem ?" When the reporter further asked, the service staff said they could not ensure the security of the Internet, because it was impossible to perform full-day monitoring.

For how to ensure the security of the "network" by using free WIFI in public, the reporter contacted the well-known security research website in China. The related personnel gave several specific suggestions:

1. the user should check the WIFI name. To connect to Wi-Fi in public places, you must confirm the name of the access point to the store to prevent some fake access points from passing in.

2. Disable the mobile phone from automatically connecting to WIFI. At present, many smart phone network settings have the function of automatically connecting to WIFI, as long as there is no password WIFI will be automatically connected, so that users fall into the trap of hackers without knowledge.

3. install anti-virus software on your mobile phone and computer.

4. Do not or minimize the number of visits to informal websites.

At the same time, the technical staff said that the protection measures for users are a temporary solution. If you want to solve such problems from the source, the store also needs to improve its network security measures. "There have been many DNS hijacking incidents. If the store can improve the security performance of its own hardware, it is certainly better for users ."