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Home > Cybersecurity > How to stay secure on hotel Wi-Fi

How to stay secure on hotel Wi-Fi

NordVPN experts warn the travelers to avoid using hotel Wi-Fi. As domestic traveling is getting more popular, hackers use hotel Wi-Fi to attack.

Julide Gamze Cecen by Julide Gamze Cecen
August 5, 2021
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Wi-Fi technology helped the internet users during the Covid-19 pandemic, in many cases. During the lock-down the internet users were able to visit many touristic places virtually. Since the beginning of vaccination many countries opened their borders for the tourists. Before visiting a country it is a usual routine to rent a hotel room. Besides the pandemic, there is one more important thing to consider, hackers!

How can hotel Wi-Fi is hacked?

Hackers can connect to hotel Wi-Fi as easily as guests do, snoop on users’ online activity and steal their passwords and personal information. They can also install malware on a user’s computer or hack into the hotel’s database and download the guests’ credit card information.

Another threat is hackers positioning themselves as a Wi-Fi hotspot, the so-called evil twin Wi-Fi. In this scenario, cybercriminals set up fake unprotected Wi-Fi hotspots next to the hotel to trick hotel guests into connecting. Such networks usually have an unsuspicious name such as “Guest Wi-Fi”.

Daniel Markuson, NordVPN‘s digital privacy expert explains,

“Hackers often use hotel Wi-Fi to attack guests. This is especially important now that travelers are keen to see more familiar places and stay in local hotels, which often have poorly secured networks. Hotel networks are often built for the guests’ convenience, ignoring security practices. This is especially common in smaller hotels, where simple and easy-to-remember passwords are created in favor of the guests.”

How to stay protected?

Daniel Markuson recommends using mobile data while away from home instead of hotel or any other public Wi-Fi. However, if this is impossible, here are some things travelers can do to stay protected:

  • Connect to secured Wi-Fi. Ask the person at the reception desk to give you the exact name and password of the hotel you are staying in.
  • Disable automatic connections. This will prevent you from connecting to the network you didn’t intend to connect to.
  • Don’t make any purchases or reservations using hotel Wi-Fi. Guests like to make reservations for attractions in the town or city they are visiting using hotel Wi-Fi. This is quite convenient but also makes our sensitive information vulnerable.
  • Use a VPN. The best and most effective way to ensure any user’s security over an open Wi-Fi connection is by using a VPN service. It encrypts users’ data and doesn’t allow third parties to intercept it.

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Julide Gamze Cecen is the multimedia editor of the Cloud7 News. Julide is a solid Linux user, opensource and cybersecurity enthusiast and a front-end web application developer.

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