The Wireless Technology has become indispensible and integral part of our lives. Lots of services are provided using various applications available through wireless network. Due to its characteristics and nature the wireless network is more vulnerable in terms of security threats. The wireless network is heterogeneous and widespread by interconnecting different types of networks services, information, persons, and transactions. For intruder it can be easily targeted for security breach. In this paper we are putting in our efforts to analyze various security threats available for wireless network and its level of severity based on damage done to either user or infrastructure.

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