Rogue Access Point: The WLAN Threat

Due to the wireless airspace's limited size and capacity and its restriction to network teams, numerous businesses and organisations involved in wireless security have fought and struggled to obtain it. Briefly stated, data is transmitted through a wireless network using radio signals. Due to the air interface that wireless communication by its very nature provides, it is susceptible to attacks from hackers or attackers who can take down the legitimate network, network equipment, servers, apps, databases, and connected users. According to this report, the WLAN 802.11 technology is seriously threatened by rogue access points. The ultimate objective is to categorise various wireless assaults and their tactics, particularly those that use rogue access points (RAP) and compromised systems. The following terms are frequently used to categorise assaults in the literature: evil-twin, DDoS, MITM, Wi-Fi Deauthentication, IoT-based attacks, attacks on ICS/SCADA, attacks on electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle charging systems (EVCS), and rogue unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Water management, electric generation, distribution, and communication systems, gas and oil systems, production and manufacturing facilities, food production, chemical production, nuclear production, electric vehicle charging stations, and other large-scale public and private sector organisations are all susceptible to compromise and infection from these attacks. Attackers can employ rogue access points to attack cars, unidentified flying objects, and military equipment. Therefore, small, medium, and large-sized enterprises as well as tearooms, coffeehouses, airdromes, railroad or metro stations, football stadiums, public auditoriums, auditoriums, etc. have been infected.