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- Routers with WEP security are easy to hack
- The most common mistake that many of us do is using the default WiFi password.
Hacking is a whole new technology in itself. The techniques of hacking are rapidly growing in numbers with hackers everyday coming up with new ideas to steal our personal data. One such widely preferred ways of hacking is the WiFi hacking. It is mainly of two types- one in which the hacker intercepts your WiFi to connect her or her own device and second which is the more dangerous one in which hacker hacks your WiFi to reach to your connected device.
Hackers many a times leave the WiFi open to all to use it as a bait. When someone connects the device to this open WiFi, their device's MAC address and IP address are registered in the router. Hacker first intercepts the traffic by using the sniffing tool. Data is transferred as packets. These packets are intercepted by the hackers to easily detect your browsing history.
WiFi hacking is easier than hacking a device connected to that WiFi. There are many free tools that can hack the less secure WiFi router. Apart from this, there are also advanced tools that work on backtrack and can even hack WiFi router with high security.
Routers with WEP security are easy to hack. WEP is a type of encryption tool used to secure your wireless connection. However, routers these days are secured with WPA-PSK keys which are tough to hack but this doesn't mean that these are unhackable.
The most common mistake that many of us do is using the default WiFi password. Hackers can use the default password to not only hack your WiFi connection but also gain access to the connected devices.
There are several ways to protect your WiFi and your device from malicious minds. For example- change your WiFi password frequently, don't connect your phone or laptop to an unknown and open WiFi connection, and do not leave your WiFi open. Apart from these, you can also block other uses from accessing your WiFi router. This can be done using an app named Fing app.
Here's how to use the Fing app:
-- Download the Fing app from Play Store or App store.
-- Open the app once it is installed on your device and look for WiFi connectivity on the home screen.
-- You will find Refresh and Settings options inside WiFi connectivity.
-- Refresh will show you the list of devices that are connected to your router. It will even inform you if the connected device is a laptop or mobile.
-- You can also see the MAC address of the connected devices. Copy the device MAC address of the device that you want to block. You can also use this app for website and network pinging.