The 6 Wi-Fi Threat Categories You Need to Know About

More and more devices are leveraging Wi-Fi connectivity. This trend isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon, and while your customers and employees demand access to fast Wi-Fi, you might not know the huge gap it’s leaving in your security.

1. 
   Rogue Access Point
   Allows attackers to bypass perimeter security.
2. 
   Rogue Client
   Delivers malware payloads to the network after connecting to malicious APs.
3. 
   Neighbor Access Point or Client Misassociation
   Risks infection from connecting to other SSIDs while in range of the authorized AP.
4. 
   Ad-Hoc Network
   Uses peer-to-peer connections to evade security controls and risk exposure to malware.
5. 
   "Evil Twin" Access Point
   Lures users to connect to it so as to spy on traffic, steal data and infect systems.
6. 
   Misconfigured Access Point
   Opens networks to attack as a result of configuration errors.

The bad news? Your existing Wi-Fi solution likely can’t block any of the threats above, and it certainly can’t protect your business from ALL of them happening at the same time.