{"id":2089,"date":"2025-12-09T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hackerrangers.siteup.dev\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:50:53","slug":"understanding-the-classic-and-dangerous-man-in-the-middle-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hackerrangers.siteup.dev\/es\/cybersecurity\/understanding-the-classic-and-dangerous-man-in-the-middle-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Entiende c\u00f3mo funciona el cl\u00e1sico y peligroso ataque man-in-the-middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No es novedad para nadie que los delincuentes cibern\u00e9ticos inventan nuevos trucos y t\u00e1cticas todos los d\u00edas con el prop\u00f3sito de alcanzar sus objetivos p\u00e9rfidos: da\u00f1ar al internauta desprotegido robando datos personales, documentos sigilosos e incluso dinero. Sin embargo, esto no significa que las estafas m\u00e1s viejas no funcionen m\u00e1s. Algunas t\u00e9cnicas que existen desde hace m\u00e1s de diez a\u00f1os siguen siendo altamente eficientes y, hasta hoy, los malhechores las usan con \u00e9xito.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un excelente ejemplo es el ataque conocido como man-in-the-middle (MitM), t\u00e9rmino que se puede traducir como \u201chombre en el medio\u201d. El mismo nombre de la amenaza ya lo explica todo: el ciberdelincuente intercepta el intercambio de datos entre la v\u00edctima y un destinatario, que puede ser otro internauta, en el caso de una conversaci\u00f3n, o un servidor que recibir\u00e1 un e-mail o una contrase\u00f1a, con el objetivo de robar los datos transmitidos sin que nadie lo note.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>\u00bfC\u00f3mo funciona?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existen diversas estrategias que se pueden usar para ejecutar el ataque man-in-the-middle, pero todas se basan en el mismo principio: el ciberdelincuente se sit\u00faa en el medio de una transmisi\u00f3n de datos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para entender en detalles c\u00f3mo act\u00faa el actor malicioso, veamos un ejemplo de una situaci\u00f3n en la que se usa una de las estrategias m\u00e1s comunes. Primero, el delincuente se desplaza hasta un lugar de intenso movimiento \u2014como una biblioteca, un aeropuerto o una cafeter\u00eda\u2014 y configura un punto de acceso falso para una supuesta red Wi-Fi p\u00fablica. Nombra a la red de forma tal que no suscite sospechas; usa, por ejemplo, el nombre del establecimiento para que parezca leg\u00edtima.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando las v\u00edctimas se han conectado a esa red, el atacante pasa a usar herramientas espec\u00edficas para interceptar y espiar todo lo que hacen las v\u00edctimas. De esa forma, logra visualizar y robar conversaciones por chat, contrase\u00f1as utilizadas en app de bancos, archivos sigilosos y as\u00ed sucesivamente. \u00a1Uno ni se da cuenta de que est\u00e1 sufriendo un ataque!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ese m\u00e9todo es llamado interceptaci\u00f3n de Wi-Fi, pero, como ya lo hemos mencionado, existen otras formas de ejecutar un ataque man-in-the-middle, como la falsificaci\u00f3n de IP (IP spoofing), el robo de cookies del navegador y hasta el m\u00e1s reciente man-in-the-browser (MitB), en el cual un malware deriva a tu browser a una p\u00e1gina de login para capturar todo lo que se ingresa en el formulario.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Aprende a protegerte<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afortunadamente, existen algunos tips simples que te pueden ayudar a evitar un ataque man-in-the-middle. El primero es jam\u00e1s confiar en redes Wi-Fi p\u00fablicas, especialmente para mantener conversaciones o realizar operaciones sensibles, como una transacci\u00f3n bancaria. Opta siempre por usar tu propia red m\u00f3vil cuando est\u00e9s en tr\u00e1nsito o en lugares p\u00fablicos. Vale la pena invertir en un buen plan de internet 4G o 5G si trabajas constantemente fuera de tu casa o de la oficina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adem\u00e1s, \u00a1no te olvides de las VPN! Este tipo de software tambi\u00e9n puede bloquear un ataque de man-in-the-middle, ya que crea un t\u00fanel cifrado para proteger el canal de comunicaci\u00f3n entre tu m\u00e1quina y un servidor, \u201cbarajando\u201d los datos para que el \u201chombre en el medio\u201d no sea capaz de interpretarlos. Se trata de otra inversi\u00f3n crucial que te salvar\u00e1 si necesitas, s\u00ed o s\u00ed, usar un Wi-Fi desconocido.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por \u00faltimo, tambi\u00e9n vale la pena configurar correctamente tu enrutador para maximizar tu seguridad en casa. A fin de cuentas, nunca se sabe cu\u00e1ndo un desconocido que est\u00e1 pasando cerca podr\u00eda intentar acceder a tu Wi-Fi con malas intenciones y \u00a1aplicar una estafa man-in-the-middle en tu propia residencia!<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no news that cybercriminals invent new tricks and tactics daily to attain their sinister objectives: to harm unprotected Internet users by stealing personal data, sensitive documents, and often even money. But this doesn\u2019t mean that old scams no longer work. 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