Security researcher discovers hotspot finder app with leaks
TechXplore - Tue 23 Apr 19Another day, another app mishap story, and it is in the Ouch range. This one is called WiFi Finder.
Popular Hotspot Finder App Exposed Millions Of WiFi Passwords
Ubergizmo - Tue 23 Apr 19If you’re on the go and you’d prefer connecting to a WiFi network instead of relying on cellular connection, there are apps out there that help you locate a WiFi hotspot. In fact, ...
Facepalm: This Hotspot Finder App Has Leaked 2 Million Wi-Fi Network Passwords
HotHardware - Mon 22 Apr 19It’s becoming harder to know which apps to trust these days, and that’s readily apparent with the disclosure of a vulnerability in the popular Android app “Wi-Fi Finder.” The purpose ...
'WiFi Finder' app left over 2 million network passwords exposed
Techspot - Mon 22 Apr 19The app simply named “WiFi Finder” searches for nearby hotspots. Users could upload public hotspots or even their own router passwords to the app’s database to allow other users to find ...
Popular hotspot finder app exposed 2 MILLION WiFi network passwords, researchers find
Daily Mail - Mon 22 Apr 19A security researcher found that a popular WiFi hotspot app was storing passwords for private networks on an unsecured database. The app has been downloaded by thousands of users.
If You Used This App, the Password of the Private WiFi Networks You Connected to Leaked Online
Gizmodo - Mon 22 Apr 19Thousands of users of an app called WiFi Finder, the stated purpose of which is, obviously, to locate and provide credentials for public WiFi hotspots, inadvertently submitted their own home ...
A hotspot finder app exposed 2 million Wi-Fi network passwords
TechCrunch - Mon 22 Apr 19A popular hotspot finder app for Android exposed the Wi-Fi network passwords for more than two million networks. The app, downloaded by thousands of users, allowed anyone to search for Wi-Fi ...