Hotspot sniffing

Cybersecurity - cyber attacks.

Hotspot sniffing is a form of cyber attack that uses software that intercepts data sent between a web browser and web servers on the internet.

Any email, web search or file transferred between computers or opened from network locations on an unsecured network can potentially be captured by hackers.

See also

• CEO fraud
• Cyber attack
• Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity
• Cyber security: protecting your business and your clients
• Cybersecurity
• DDoS
• Man in the middle
• National Cyber Security Centre
• Sidejacking
• Social engineering