Hotspot Honeypot

Introduction

The Hotspot Honeypot is an illegitimate Wi-Fi access point which can appear as an authorized and secure hotspot. Despite appearances, it is actually set up by black-hat attackers or malicious hackers to steal your bank and credit card details, passwords and other personal information.

Many of us fall victim to the Honeypot. It tricks the wireless users into connecting their laptops or mobile phones to these fake hotspots by masquerading as a legitimate one. Once the victim has connected, the cyberattacker may launch man-in-the-middle attacks which allows him to record all of your Internet activities in an effort to steal your bank details by using a spoofed website.

The Hotspot Honeypot is one of the commjacking (cyberthreat) methods which are now being used on a large scale. The primary reason for this is that it can be set up easily by anyone, with minimal hardware requirements.

How Hackers Use Hotspot Honeypot

There are two types of hackers: ethical (white-hat) hackers and unethical (black-hat) hackers. The former uses their skills to find security breaches in their own companies and organizations like the government and the police department. The latter use their skills to steal personal information from other organizations and using it for their own good. This is often done by using access points or man-in-the-middle attacks

In this article, we will demonstrate how the Hotspot Honeypot works by setting up a basic Wi-Fi Honeypot and forcing the clients to connect to it instead of the network they desire.

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