US 11,917,411 B1
Detecting rogue wireless access points in geospatial locations
John Robert Southern, Toronto (CA); Jack Matthew Heysel, Toronto (CA); Tyler Stiller, Lovettsville, MA (US); Kasra Asadzadeh, Toronto (CA); and Sharon Katz, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Rapid7, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Rapid7, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,579.
Application 17/854,579 is a continuation of application No. 16/591,741, filed on Oct. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,412,384.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/122 (2021.01) [H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving wireless access point (WAP) data associated with a WAP that is implemented in a network at a geospatial location and comprises at least a Service Set Identifier (SSID) and a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID);
accessing a set of trusted WAPs in the geospatial location that are part of the network;
determining that the SSID of the WAP matches a trusted SSID of at least one trusted WAP of the set of trusted WAPs but the BSSID of the WAP does not match a trusted BSSID of any of the WAPs in the set of trusted WAPs;
determining an approximate location of the WAP in the geospatial location based on a wireless site survey;
generating an alert identifying the approximate location of the WAP in a floor plan visualization of the wireless site survey; and
modifying placement in the geospatial location of one or more trusted WAPs of the set of trusted WAPs.