The Magic is WiFi is something that most people hardly understand, let alone appreciate. I mean seriously, it's invisible waves of information floating around you, how awesome is that?!? ... I digress. This lack of understanding is the greatest threat against your security, and is a reason why you need to read this article and protect your LAN against pirates.
Your average hacker is more competent than your average "white hat" hacker. The problem is that there are so many white hat hackers in the world. That opened the door for hackers who can easily exploit those who do not know better. credit card theft, the profile of social media takeovers, session hijacking, and identity theft are the result.
Here Five ways to protect your LAN against hackers , and to learn something about these magical invisible waves of information floating around!
How to protect your LAN against hackers
Not all encryption equals
you have read the packaging of your router you bought years ago and he said something like:
"protected by WEP encryption"
and you thought you were safe forever. Well, now that the encryption can be cracked by almost everyone in minutes. WEP is the wet underwear web encryption, and you need to best protect yourself!
The most recent and strong form of encryption for routers is WPA2 encryption. Visit your router manufacturer's website for details on how to upgrade, see this tutorial WPA2 configuration, or buying a current router with WPA2 already implemented.
any encryption No VPN equals
More in an article on VPN encryption protocols I examined the strengths and weaknesses of various cryptographic protocols. Whoever was mentioned as was the lowest PPTP. I would like to take a minute here to highlight just how low PPTP encryption is, but I'll do it with a little help from a friend Twitter :.
@ bestvpns:
PPTP + = https://t.co/2hlsKh1gjB derp pic.twitter.com/Fkk3gGzhPd- ᓭ cryptostorm ᓯ (@cryptostorm_is) November 14, 2014
The following link is to a site that makes PPTP cracking forgone conclusion. I personally use OpenVPN encryption, and most of our Top Ten VPN providers have this level of encryption. This latest level of encryption keep you safe and free from moments of derp.
The MAC filter Pwns unauthorized access
Each wireless router has a MAC filter on it. MAC address is the unique code on each piece of equipment. The filter prevents you from unauthorized access by giving the option to allow or deny access from devices that do not have familiar MAC addresses. If the router does not know the MAC address of your device, you are denied. This sounds like a great way to protect your LAN against hackers, but then the problem of identity theft happens. Hackers can spy on wireless traffic, find a MAC address spoofing and with the camera, and your WiFi is pwned.
The owner of this fine establishment has made sure that their WiFi is protected
public WiFi came with the man-in-the-middle attacks and False WAP. We talked about fake WAPs before here on the blog Best VPN, but I wanted them back while I had your attention.
Hacker tools like Firesheep and AirJack make these easy attacks. It inserts a pirate between you and the wireless router, and they are free to read your e-mails, steal your passwords, and enjoy your dirtiest communications with that hottie you picked up at the bar last night.
A VPN can secure your Wi-Fi in public places by encrypting everything you do on your WiFi connection. This prevents anyone from being able to read what they are stealing from you that the information will be scrambled (read, encrypted) with an indecipherable level. It will make things so difficult for your average pirate who they will simply move on to the next sucker who has no protection.
Disabling the remote administration function will protect your LAN against hackers
most WiFi routers have a setting on them that allows you to change the settings themselves via WiFi. Having this on means that you do not need to physically connect your computer to the router via the Ethernet cable. I know, it is convenient to do wireless, but it is also practical for your average pirate too.
Take a minute to disable this feature so that a hacker will add "ninja sneak into your home and plug into your router" to their list of things needed to hack your WiFi. 99.9% will not bother to go through this, but 80% will be put on ninja clothes to see how he feels.
It feels pretty good.
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