Types of Attacks on Wireless Environment

Denial of Service Attack 
Denial of service attack aims at preventing the users from accessing the network resources. In a Wireless network, denial of service attack can be applied in various ways.

Man-In-Middle Attack in Wifi Devices

Performing Man-In-Middle Attack in a wireless network is much easier, when compared to wired network. As the transmissons from an accesspoint is broadcasted, it is easy for an unauthorised user to collect the traffic sent by other wireless clients. And the process of collecting the packets in this manner is known as Eavesdropping. Also the third party user can manipulate the packets sent to the legitimate users which results in breaking the users privacy.

So In order to avoid these kind of attacks, Strong encryption should be used for transmitting the data between wireless client and accesspoint.

Tips:

• All Wi-Fi equipment support some form of encryption. So, enable them.
• Enable MAC address filtering on Wi-Fi devices.
• Avoid dynamic IP address for home Wi-Fi rather use static IP addresses.
• Use encryption technology for sensitive data in wireless networks.