Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. He allegedly set up a fake Wi-Fi network to steal email or social media credentials. How to avoid becoming a victim of this cybercrimeWhen in public places, experts say it's best to use alternatives to public WiFi networks. Alcorn says evil twin attacks are "definitely" occurring with regularity in the United States, it's just rare for someone to get caught because they are such stealth attacks.

---

Persons: Matt Radolec, Radolec, Today's, Brian Alcorn, you've, Alcorn, Brian Callahan, Callahan, Boingo, Aaron Walton Organizations: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dallas Fort Worth International, City, Boingo, Australian Federal Police, AFP Locations: Australia, United States, Australian, Perth , Melbourne, Adelaide, Cincinnati, Rensselaer, City of Dallas, North America