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If the device has connected to a home AP/router or hot spot access point using the default SSID, it will automatically connect to another AP with the same SSID without the user being aware of the connection.

COMMENT: Fighting IoT security issues

2 Change the default ssid code, which is the name of your network.

HIJACKED BY THE BEASTS; Innocent Scots have been quizzed over child porn after perverts accessed their unprotected home wi-fi

Change the default SSID and administrative passwords.

Mobile Devices Pose Security Risks for Patients

All access points come with a default SSID set, some of the more common ones are:

Reliability, availability and security of wireless networks in the community

Security measures mandated by the law can be as simple as installing a network firewall, changing the system's default SSID (network name) or disabling SSID broadcasting.

County requires wireless security

And if a wireless network is used, change the default SSID without broadcasting it.

Safety in numbers

You can keep the default SSID at linksys or change it to another value such as your name.

Install your own wireless network: access your computer, printer and peripherals without cables

Nowadays, setting up security for a wireless network means more than changing your default SSID, turning on WEP, and enabling MAC filtering.

ReefEdge ReefSwitch 50: manage your Wi-Fi network and security

Change the access point's default SSID, password, channel, etc.

Enabling wireless network freedom: wireless can open up your network to security risks, but there are ways around that

A default SSID usually alerts hackers to vulnerable wireless LANs.

WPA aims to finish the job WEP started: what to know before it does

Poor selection of SSID or use of default SSID for applications such as "POSwireless" and "Air Retail.

AirDefense Conducts Comprehensive Study of Wireless Security in Las Vegas

They will seek to attract people whose home networks may be set to common default SSID names such as Linksys, Netgear, SMC, Wireless -- or a hotspot with an SSID such as T-Mobile, Wayport or FatPort.

Beware of WiPhishing: Cirond Warns of New Wireless Security Danger

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