Vulnerability
There are a lot of open wireless networks (ie. airport, coffee shop, (fast-food) restaurant, …). The reason is usually because they use a web server to manage the clients and payments or just want to supply free internet. This type of open networks are very unsafe. The exploit I will explain relies on a open network. Another thing it relies on is that people that frequently visit these locations will allow their device to connect automatically because they don’t like to click.
What devices that have “connect automatically” networks do is send probe requests to the networks asking any network access point in reach to answer if it is one of those networks. Continue reading
