315 exposure to public WiFi security issues, rising teach you to do a good job of protection measures

March 15 Night, CCTV 315 party exposed to free wifi in public places security risks, and the scene for the audience demonstrated the use of free WiFi interception of the audience transmitted photos and email password. Rising security experts pointed out that WiFi security problems in public places for a long time, this type of WiFi security is poor, hackers can easily "take", and through network monitoring, password attacks, session hijacking, script injection and backdoor implantation and other means of attack. By then, not only can steal the WiFi user's photos and email password, at the same time, micro-bo, micro-letter, Taobao, and even the net bank account password may be intercepted by hackers.

315 exposure to public WiFi security risks rising teach you safer

Hackers can use listening software to crawl information sent by users in free WiFi

Rising security experts introduced last year, rising on the continuous release of two for WiFi security reports, free public WiFi security are highlighted. At the same time, rising internet attack and defense laboratories in the north to a wide range of public places such as the field survey found that the vast majority of the public WiFi environment is lack of or even no security measures, anyone (including hackers) can join. Once an attacker enters the free WiFi, it sniffs other users on the network and intercepts the data transferred from the network. In this case, the user's transmission of any information in the network is completely exposed to the hacker, hackers through professional software can intercept a variety of user names, passwords, Internet records, equipment information, chat records and mail content.

In response to the above, rising security experts recommend that the majority of netizens, in public places to use WiFi, should be careful to do the following protection measures:

1. Do not use free WiFi without password, if the use of public WiFi, should be consulted with staff in public places, and confirm the wireless network name and password can be joined;

2. When connecting Wi-Fi in public places, try not to use net silver, online payment, e-mail and other applications containing important information, once the network access anomaly, pop-up malicious ads or unfamiliar links, should immediately disconnect WiFi, and to professionals for help;

3. If you need to use internet banking, online payment, e-mail, microblogging, micro-mail and other applications that contain important information in public places, you should disconnect the public WiFi and use your mobile traffic (such as 3G or 4G) to operate.