Masha Winget, writer for Dumb Little Man, shares how to protect yourself from wireless network hacking.
Wireless Network Hacking And How To Avoid Being Hacked
Finally, you’ve completed setting up your personal wireless network. You’ve assigned it a great network name and a solid password to keep intruders away.
So, you are completely protected, right? Wrong!
Although you have made some basic changes which help you secure your network, you are still not 100% protected. Hashers have their own ways to access your wireless network. This also means you have to be careful when you are connecting to any open network.
The following few paragraphs are about the methods hackers use to access the wireless networks. So, please read on. When you know what you can expect, you will know how to protect yourself from it. And you will be surprised to know how easy it is to stay protected and take good care of all your private data.
Sniffing
This is a basic hacking method. This practically means that all the data transferred in an unprotected network can be intercepted. If you are working in a secured network, you don’t have to worry much about this. However, every once in a while we connect to an open network, for example in a restaurant or café.
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