Public Wi-Fis vulnerable to Cyber attacks

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 01:29 PM

Public Wi-Fis vulnerable to Cyber attacks

New Delhi, October 20: Are you using Public Wifi be careful.The WiFi situated in Airport, railway Stations are harmful, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).

The reports unveiled that, Public WiFi hotspot or wireless internet networks installed at airports and railway stations are at risk of cyber attack, government agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) has warned.

The nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents in India has rated the vulnerability quotient of public Wi-Fi in the country at 'high'. "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails etc," CERT-in said.

The Indian agency has suggested that users avoid public Wi-Fi at all costs and instead use VPN (virtual private network) and wired networks.