Question

wireless vulnerabilies

Answer 1

Wireless vulnerabilities:

• Wireless vulnerabilities refers to the vulnerabilities attacks in the usage wireless networks.
• Wireless networks are projected as the more vulnerable and it is more free network to attacks because no physical access to prevent them.
• Potential attacker take the advantage of the physical proximity to the network hence these networks more vulnerable.

Wireless network are attacked by the both passive and active attacks:

Passive attack:

In this type of attack attacker just captures signals.

Active attack:

In this type of attack attacker just captures signals and also sends signals.

There are different types of vulnerabilities to wireless network which are given below:

• Hacker exploits the wireless communication like Bluetooth
• Weak the used encryption mechanism like WEP.
• Secured routers can be changed to the open wifi.
• Hacker access and used wireless network as a valid user
• Clear the encryption as well as the passwords.
• Add malicious code to the network.
• Stolen the information of the connected devices.