Overview On Public Wi-Fi Security Threat Evil Twin Attack Detection

Wi-Fi is widely used internet source which use to provide internet access in many areas such as Stores, Cafes, University campuses, Restaurants and so on. Due to transmission of data over the air which makes network vulnerable so it becomes prone to various threats such as Evil Twin and etc. The Evil Twin is a kind of adversary which impersonates a legitimate access point (LAP) as it can happen by spoofing the name (SSID) and MAC address (BSSID) of a legitimate access point (LAP). And this attack can cause many threats such as MITM, Service Interruption, Access point service blocking. In this paper we review various Evil Twin Attack Detection Techniques and proposed methods with their comparisons.