SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURITY AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS

摘要

A computer-implemented method for security risk assessment of wireless access point devices, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving signals from one or more wireless access points by two or more mobile wireless devices visiting said access points, obtaining Basic Service Set Identifiers (BSSID) of visited access points and reporting values derived from BSSID and from an identifier of corresponding mobile device to a first database, receiving a request for a security risk assessment of evaluated wireless access point, said request containing value derived from BSSID of the evaluated access point, searching the first database for one or more entries corresponding to the evaluated access point, and processing search results to assess security risk of the evaluated access point, said processing comprises computing a component of said risk dependent on the count of unique identifiers of mobile devices reported for the evaluated access point.

主权项

1. A method for security risk assessment of wireless access point devices, the method comprising performing, by a computer system:
receiving, from a plurality of devices, a plurality of reports, each report being transmitted by a device of the plurality of devices in response to accessing an access point having a unique access point identifier and including a unique user identifier; determining a number of unique user identifiers represented in the plurality of reports; determining a security score for the access point according to a function that indicates higher risk with increasing number of unique user identifiers; and determining that the score indicates that the access point is not secure; In response to determining that the score indicates that the access point is not secure, transmitting a message to one or more devices of the plurality of devices, the message indicating that the access point is not secure.