DocumentCode :
3277651
Title :
Wireless network attack: Raising the awareness of Kampung WiFi residents
Author :
Fahmy, Syahrul ; Nasir, Akhyari ; Shamsuddin, Nooraida
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput., Media & Technol. Manage., TATI Univ. Coll., Kemaman, Malaysia
Volume :
2
fYear :
2012
fDate :
12-14 June 2012
Firstpage :
736
Lastpage :
740
Abstract :
The rapid growth of Information and Communication Technology has made people around the world spending more time on the Internet than ever before. Online activities are carried out on a daily basis from information searching to property purchasing. This trend is on the uprise with commercial Internet Service Providers offering affordable wireless broadband connection to all, including in rural areas. In some countries, free Internet access is given to residents through ´hotspots´ such as Kampung WiFi in Malaysia. Although this means more people can connect to the information highway, it raises the issue of Information Security and Privacy how secure are these networks? This paper aims to demonstrate the vulnerability of Kampung WiFi networks in order to amplify awareness among its Internet users with regards to security and privacy. Background of Kampung WiFi is presented in Section I while Section II presents wireless network implementation technologies namely WLAN, WMAN, WWAN. Review of classic network attacks including Malicious Associations, Identity Theft, Man-In-The-Middle, Network Injection, Caffe Latte and Denial-of-Service is presented in Section III and Section IV demonstrates wireless network attacks using Cain & Abel, Wireshark and NetworkMiner. Finally, conclusion is made in Section V. It is hoped that this paper will highlight the importance of IT security and privacy in Kampung WiFi.
Keywords :
Internet; broadband networks; computer network security; metropolitan area networks; wireless LAN; Cain & Abel; Kampung WiFi network vulnerability; Kampung WiFi residents; Malaysia; NetworkMiner; WLAN; WMAN; WWAN; Wireshark; caffe latte; commercial Internet service providers; denial-of-service; identity theft; information and communication technology; information highway; information privacy; information security; malicious associations; man-in-the-middle; network injection; wireless broadband connection; wireless network attack; Computers; Emergency services; Fires; IEEE 802.11 Standards; WiMAX; IT Security; Information Privacy; Kampung WiFi;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer & Information Science (ICCIS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpeu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1937-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297124
Filename :
6297124
Link To Document :
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