Hackers know how to hack a bank account with the help of MITM. About 23% percent of applications, based on Android by means of which people use banking services were hacked.
Everything is a bit better with iOS, there are only 14 percent of apps. According to the research, hackers use such attack as Man-in-the-Middle in order to steal money. Theft happens during the information transfer from the sender to the recipient.
A client will be redirected to fake Wi-Fi knot. Everything will happen very quickly and unexpectedly. To achieve their insidious purposes, hackers set network equipment and create their own Wi-Fi. The difference in wireless network does not matter for you. The problem is that attackers obtain your data.
They can replace information in their own favor, and further redirect to bank. Then you can say goodbye to your money! Favorite places of malefactors are restaurants, cafes, airports, business centers and places with free-opened Wi-Fi.
There are some main points that you should follow:
- turn off automatic connection of a gadget to the open Wi-fi network;
- use bank applications only in the protected networks;
- don't use unlicensed or pirate applications, which have no confirmation in the bank. So, there is Google Play Market for the Android platform, and Apple App Store – for iOS.
