[citw150] citw150L3Q4
- From: Angela Thelen <boys32.boys@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: freelist <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:03:38 -0800 (PST)
The interesting Internet virus that I ran across (it was hard to choose) was
something called Evil Twin. http://www.scambusters.com/eviltwin.html is the
site that I found my information in. This particular item was in an article
called "7 Things That Don't Seem Dangerous, That You Do On The
Internet"(similar heading). This is about WiFi- wireless fidelity. An evil-twin
hot spot mimics a legitimate hot spot. A hot spot is like Starbucks or a local
bookstore where you might go to log on. The example that they used: At
Starbucks you log onto T-Mobile where you have an account that you pay for. You
will be offered two options though upon trying to log in- T-Mobile and
something like Free WiFi from Team WiFi. The second choice is the scam. You log
onto this, hey it is free, and then someone close by has a lap-top which is set
up as an Internet server. This announces itself as a public access point. This
is essentially how a legitimate WiFi hot spot is set up. This evil twin has so
ftware
that captures all the data from the Internet traffic going through it. They
can get all of your secure information while you are logged on. There is
software out there that can install a virus that records keystrokes and
software to crack passwords of all types.
"No act of kindness, however small,is wasted" Angela Brower
boys32.boys@xxxxxxxxx
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