LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — While airport Wi-Fi has improved, Eric Plam, President at SIMO, a global mobile connectivity device company, said it is still public, making it vulnerable.
Official networks can be mimicked or compromised.
He said if you are logging into bank accounts or sensitive information, public Wi-Fi, whether it’s at the gym, a coffee shop, or the airport, is never the safest choice.
These scams by hackers who target public Wi-Fi networks in airports typically fall into a category known as “evil twin” attacks or "man-in-the-middle attacks." (Read more >)