wifi security tips: Explainer: What is Wi-Fi ‘wardriving’ and how to stay safe from its danger
Wi-Fi wardriving is a term given to the act of hackers driving around in cars or other vehicles to check whose Wi-Fi router is unsecured and hence, is most/more vulnerable to hacking attempts in a certain location/area. To detect the presence of unsecured networks and map the wireless access points, these hackers use equipment and software that can tell which Wi-Fi networks in the area they are roaming around can be an easy target.
A few examples of the hardware that can be used for wardriving-based attacks are mounted high-power antennas on the vehicles to detect Wi-Fi networks from a distance, laptops, smartphones, GPS units etc. The software cybercriminals can use for wardriving are packet sniffers, network traffic analysis packages and special software to breach the Wi-Fi security.
Now, it goes without saying that you have to try to secure your Wi-Fi network if you haven’t already. Or else hackers can do a lot of damage by accessing your private network. Your personal details, banking information and web browsing will be at risk once some unknown stranger with malicious intent is able to break in your Wi-Fi network.
How you can protect yourself from Wi-Fi Wardriving attacks
A few examples of the hardware that can be used for wardriving-based attacks are mounted high-power antennas on the vehicles to detect Wi-Fi networks from a distance, laptops, smartphones, GPS units etc. The software cybercriminals can use for wardriving are packet sniffers, network traffic analysis packages and special software to breach the Wi-Fi security.
Now, it goes without saying that you have to try to secure your Wi-Fi network if you haven’t already. Or else hackers can do a lot of damage by accessing your private network. Your personal details, banking information and web browsing will be at risk once some unknown stranger with malicious intent is able to break in your Wi-Fi network.
How you can protect yourself from Wi-Fi Wardriving attacks
- First of all, secure your home Wi-Fi network with very strong passwords. The admin password and the Wi-Fi password should be manually set. Also, change them after some time and keep changing them.
- Choose the highest level of Wi-Fi security protocol available on your router, like WPA3. See if you can replace the router with the one that supports the latest protocols.
- If the router does not support the highest protocol, and you do not want to switch to a better router, check beforehand which devices can work with the next best one.
- Add a guest Wi-Fi network to limit the access of others into your home Wi-Fi.
- Use a paid antivirus solution for your PC and smartphones both to make it harder for cybercriminals to get into the systems. Also, use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) wherever possible.
- Try not to be on a public Wi-Fi network but in case you have to be, make sure that you use a VPN to access the internet.
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