Rogue Access Point


Rogue Access Point is a wireless access point that has been installed on a secured network without any authorization from the network administrator.

  • may or may not have malicious intent

Example

  • Hacker brings a rogue access point to a coffee shop that was pre-configured with a similar, but not the same, SSID as the coffee shop wifi
  • When people join it thinking its the coffee shop, then the hacker then listens in on the communication

Evil Twin AP

Evil Twin Access Point a malicious wireless AP that advertises the same SSID as a legitimate AP to trick users into connecting to it.