Isaca Exam Cybersecurity-Audit-Certificate Topic 1 Question 6 Discussion

The risk of an evil twin attack on mobile devices is PRIMARILY due to theuse of generic names that mobile devices will accept without verification. An evil twin attack is a type of wireless network attack where an attacker sets up a rogue access point that mimics a legitimate one. The attacker can then lure unsuspecting users to connect to the rogue access point and intercept their data or launch further attacks. Mobile devices are vulnerable to evil twin attacks because they often use generic names for their wireless networks, such as ''Free WiFi'' or ''Public Hotspot''. These names can be easily spoofed by an attacker and accepted by mobile devices without verifying the identity or security of the access point.