One in four Wi-Fi hotspots is a security nightmare

28th November 2016 By Sead Fadilpaši?
 
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A quarter of the world's Wi-Fi networks are so insecure that the only thing stopping hackers from abusing them is their own lack of will. This is according to a new, extensive research by security experts at Kaspersky Lab, which have analyzed more than 31 million public Wi-Fi hotspots all over the world.
 
Basically, 25 percent aren’t using any type of encryption or password protection, meaning the information going through these networks is wide open for everyone to see. Another three percent are using WEP, which is a protocol that can be cracked "within minutes, using tools that are freely available on the internet".
 Even though the other three quarters use a more reliable security protocol, WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), the problem is that a lot of these hotspots give away their passwords easily.
 
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