How to Create an Evil Twin or Fake Access Point

Introduction

An evil twin is a fake wireless access point that appears as a genuine hotspot offered by a legitimate provider. The idea is to set up a malicious wireless network with the same SSID name as the original one.

Devices connecting to a Wi-Fi network like laptops, tablets, and smart phones have no way to distinguish between two Wi-Fi networks with the same SSID name.

This enables hackers to set up malicious wireless networks that can capture traffic and …

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