Hello aspiring ethical hackers. In this blogpost, you will learn about Man in the Middle (MITM) attack. You know how does normal communication take place in cyber world. For example, you as a user communicate with a trusted server or resource thinking that the data you send is safely received by the trusted server and vice versa. What if its not.
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What is Man in the middle attack (MITM)?
In Man in the middle (MITM) attack, a hacker intercepts the communication between a trusted user and server. The information he/she intercepts can be used for malicious purposes.
There are different types of MITM attacks. They are,
1. IP spoofing:
In this attack, the hacker spoofs the IP address of the normal user. Learn more about IP spoofing.
2. Wi Fi MiTM:
In this attack, hackers setup a fake wireless access point that is open. Learn more about evll twin attack.
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3. Sniffing passwords:
If the credentials are being transmitted in cleartext without any encryption in the network, they can be viewed by hackers. Learn more about password sniffing.
In this type of MiTM attack, the session is hijacked. Learn more about session hijacking.
5. HTTPS spoofing:
HTTPS is considered secure as data is transmitted in encrypted format in this. However, even this can be spoofed.
Learn how to perform a variety of MiTM attacks using Websploit.
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