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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

Evil twin

Also written: evil twins

An attacker's access point that copies the name of the company Wi-Fi to trick devices into joining it, so the attacker can watch their traffic.

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Related terms

Rogue access pointDeauthentication attackWIPS (wireless intrusion prevention system)WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise