An attacker has setup a fraudulent wireless access point on a company’s network that mimics one of the network’s legitimate access points. Through this fraudulent access point the attacker can gain access to the sensitive information transmitted by those who unwittingly connect to it. This fraudulent access point is known as what?
A fraudulent access point that appears to be legitimate used by an attacker to gain access to network traffic is called an evil twin. The attacker can possibly can access to information such as passwords and PII.
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