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Network security vendor Cirond said Friday that a new danger, which it calls "WiPhishing" threatens users of laptops equipped with Wi-Fi and the companies that employ those users.
The threat is a variation of the "Evil Twin" gambit that was in the news in the last month, the company said.
"We call WiPhishing the act of covertly setting up a wireless-enabled laptop or access point for the purpose of getting wireless laptops to associate with it," Cirond CEO Nicholas Miller said in a statement. "Hackers who are on a 'WiFishing expedition' may set the name of their rogue wireless access point (or laptop) to an SSID that is commonly used by wireless laptop users."
For example, a WiPhisher could set the SSID of an access point or laptop to be the same as the default settings for widely-sold access points or hotspot services offered by vendors such as T-Mobile and Wayport, Miller said.
"Hackers are also likely to increasingly post common SSID names on their Web sites as this practice gains momentum," Miller said.
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