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Xfinity Pineapple - cloning Comcast access points for fun and profit

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Open wireless access points have always been a hot topic within the security community. Due to their nature, there are a plethora of attacks that allow hackers to breach these networks, mirror legitimate access points, man-in-the-middle traffic and much more. These attacks are conducted every day on many networks all over the planet. Hackers will leverage anything from the Wireless network at your local Starbucks, the airport, airplanes, hotel chains, personal guest networks, and more to steal personal information. You name it, someone out there has found a new way to exploit it. Still trust those pay-as-you-go WiFi hot spots that ask you to supply credit card information?

Which brings us to Comcast…

- See more at: http://blog.logrhythm.com/security/xfinity-pineapple/#sthash.BHZTklrp.dpuf

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