For some of us who travel frequently, whether for business or pleasure, to have access to reliable WiFi connection is high on our priority.
As 3G / 4G mobile connections satisfy some, most of us still need the WiFi speed for our laptops or uploading / downloading larger files. But is it safe to use Wi-Fi offered by hotels?
To protect yourself, you should first check with the hotel staff to ensure that appropriate security measures have been taken to secure the WiFi connection. Another thing to look out for fake WiFi networks set up by cyber criminals.
NBC News reports "More and more hotels are intensifying and offering free WiFi clients, but security experts say some thieves use the popular service to steal sensitive customer information, and they do it by encouraging people with a false free WiFi. "cyber thief creates a dummy WiFi connection using a mobile hot spot, and give a generic name to look like a real WiFi a hotel, such as' Free WiFi hotel. If a Guest connects [his or her] laptop dummy WiFi, access to the thief gains to all guest's browsing activity, and will often use a program -logger key to capture the username and password "
This is called an evil twin: anyone can set up a router to say." . "Wayport" T-mobile "" AT & T Wireless' or these connections may appear legitimate but are often set traps to trap someone that connects with them.
wireless users connecting to an evil twin risk their data scraped by a criminal who capture all non-encrypted communications using the wireless router.
every wireless data packet is sniffed and captured by a software program which will then reconstruct all the information in order to steal identities. Unsecured communications, unprotected and unencrypted on an evil twin on any WiFi connected publicly (as in a coffee shop, airport or hotel) are vulnerable to sniffers.
on the wireless connections that are not properly set, your best line of defense is to use a VPN software that protects your personal information by ensuring that all web transactions (shopping, filling out forms , downloads) are secured through HTTPS.
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