A survey on wireless networks attacks

Abstract

Wireless network has gained popularity as the users want connectivity irrespective of their geographic position to perform their tasks. Wireless networks have many benefits over the wired networks in terms of mobility, flexibility and cost. Though there are several advantages of wireless networks, they are prone to security issues which generally fall under the following three categories they are confidentiality, integrity and availability. A survey on wireless network attacks is put forward that discusses various security methods which helps in protecting against different types of attacks and also the research areas need to be concentrated for further development.