Four ways an attacker can hack the airwaves and get access to your network and beyond:
Method: Low-hanging fruit. . .

Four ways an attacker can hack the airwaves and get access to your network and beyond:
Method: Low-hanging fruit
Description: Hacker scans for open access points that allow anyone to connect. In some cases, such wireless networks are meant to be used by the public, but most of the time, the networks are just misconfigured.
Goal: Free Internet access, attack a third party using target as a blind, exploring someone else's network.

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