From the course: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) (CS0-003) Cert Prep: 1 Security Operations
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Rogue access points and evil twins
From the course: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) (CS0-003) Cert Prep: 1 Security Operations
Rogue access points and evil twins
- [Instructor] Rogue access points occur when someone connects an unauthorized wireless access point to an enterprise network. This might be as simple as an employee with bad wireless connectivity in their office purchasing an access point and plugging it into a network jack to gain a better signal. Or it could be more sinister, with a hacker connecting an access point to later gain remote access to the network. The huge risk with rogue access points is that they can bypass other wireless authentication mechanisms. If you spend hours configuring your systems to use WPA3 security, a rogue access point configured to avoid encryption can quickly bypass all of that. Anyone connecting to the rogue AP can then gain unrestricted access to your network. A second risk posed by rogue access points is interference. There are a limited number of wifi channels available, and rogue APs can quickly interfere with legitimate wireless use.…
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