Friday, 6 September 2019

wireless networking - SSID with very similar name, is this an attempt of hacking?

I noticed that another SSID pops up in my WiFi with the same name as mine (quite personal so could've only been intentionally copied) but a couple of the letters are capitalized. Their version has no security. Mine has WPA-PSK2. I tested it to be sure by unplugging my router and while mine disappeared after a while, theirs remained.


Is this a ploy at hacking? Are they trying to use this to infiltrate my network - since I closed mine only to approved MAC addresses - thinking I will slip up and join their network?


Example:



  • My SSID: bestfriend

  • Their SSID: BestFriend (with capital B & F)

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