Threats Monitoring in Wi-Fi Networks using Honeypot

Abstract

The increase in the use of mobile devices and IoT have made wireless technologies to become a significant part of our life today to access information from anywhere and anytime mainly due to ease of use, improved mobility, freedom and flexibility. The greatly evolving 802.11 wireless standard has also brought about security issues. The wireless networks face attacks and intrusion attempts that are different than that of a wired network. This thesis aims to implement a modern honeypot for the wireless network to understand the state of wireless hacking in the real-world and in a controlled environment. The results will be subsequently analysed to determine the threats and attacks faced by the devices in the wireless network and will also compare the existing countermeasures that would reduce or eliminate these attacks.