Wireless Insecurity

Network World has posted an article yesterday on how one of the easiest ways that hackers can steal your data on an unsecure public wireless hotspot.

If you are accessing a hotspot and you do not have a proxy of some sort setup, you are putting yourself at an enormous risk through a procedure known as poisoning your web browser. Its a very common way for hackers to intercept traffic. If you aren't sure that you are accessing the right network, you won't know if your computer has been compromised.

Be very careful and make absolutely sure that you are accessing the wireless access point that you should be. Hackers can easily spoof a public hotspot and then you are open to their tools of destruction.

There are VPN servers that you can install that will give you security by routing your traffic through a safe DNS server, which everyone should use on any public acess spot.

One of the best that is available currently is HotSpotVPN. Yes it does cost money, but you can buy different packages to fit your budget and it is well worth the cost to make sure your data and your identity are protected.