A beautiful Saturday morning like today and you’re hanging out at your favorite coffee shop using the free Wi-Fi to catch up on a few tasks you couldn’t quite get to during your busy week because we are all working from home or in #toxicworkspaces.
Sound familiar?
#CyberSecurity

This is a typical scenario for many of us, but did you know you might be unaware of some threats lurking in the background on public Wi-Fi while you balance your bank account & sip a latte?
One of the most common threats on these networks is called a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM)

Essentially, a MitM attack is a form of eavesdropping. When a computer makes a connection to the Internet, data is sent from point A (computer) to point B (service/website), and vulnerabilities can allow an attacker to get in between these transmissions and “read” them.

So what you thought was private no longer is.
Wi-Fi snooping and sniffing is what it sounds like. Cybercriminals can buy special software kits and even devices to help assist them with eavesdropping on Wi-Fi signals.

This technique can allow the attackers to access everything that you are doing online — from viewing whole webpages you have visited (including any information you may have filled out while visiting that webpage)

to being able to capture your login credentials, and even hijack your accounts.
Stay Safe
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