Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Attack
A man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack occurs when an attacker inserts himself between two devices and is able to read, insert, modify messages between the two devices.
The most difficult part of a MITM attack in wired networks is getting in the middle without being detected. Usually this requires physical access to the network increasing the chances of being discovered.
In wireless network an attacker can insert his device in the the path of communication remotely and never expose himself making this one of the most dangerous types of wireless attacks. A MITM attack can be used to break connections such as SSL, SSH and VPN.
A wireless MITM utilizes a rogue access point, rogue station and phishing to exploit a user connected to the wireless network. Usually the rogue access point is implemented as a software based AP using a PC with dual wireless network interfaces.
Man-In-The-Middle Attack
Related Posts
If you liked this post, subscribe using below
WLAN Book RSS Feed
WLAN Book by Email
.
Filed under: WLAN Security
[...] points are more likely to exist when the attacker is planning a more sophisticated attack such as a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The evil twin access point would by used by the attacker to get between a secure communications [...]
dear writer,
is there any change in performance if a host is attacked with MITM attack? i mean in its wireless network performance. Can we count it? with iperf maybe?