Create a fake Access Point by Anastasis Vasileiadis

Think long and hard before connecting to a free public wireless hotspot in a cafeteria, airport or hotel. Ever wondered if the public Wi-Fi you just connected to is secure or if it could be an Evil Twin hotspot? After installing the fake Access Point and connecting to its victim, the attacker launched a MITM attack to intercept data between its victims and the fake AP, for further malicious and harmful actions. No, it's not a fantasy story. It can happen very easily. On a Wi-Fi network, a MITM attack occurs when the primary data transmission route between victims and the Internet is through an attacking device. After a successful MITM attack, victims' sensitive information such as E-mail, accounts, password, credit card number and other important information, not protected by security protocols, will be available to the attacker using many tools such as Ethercap, Dsniff Mailsnarf, Urlsnarf, Wireshark, Cain and....