Mitigating security risks associated with unsecured websites and networks

A system, comprising:

• one or more processing circuits;
• and
• one or more memory devices connected to the one or more processing circuits, the one or more memory devices storing program code that is executable by the one or more processing circuits, the program code comprising:
• a network security determiner configured to:
• determine a first security mode of a Wi-Fi network with which a user device is connected;
• and
• determine whether the first security mode of the Wi-Fi network has changed to a second security mode;
• a website encryption determiner configured to determine a type of communication security protocol for a web site that a web browser of the user device is attempting to access over the Wi-Fi network;
• and
• a security manager configured to halt execution of at least one of a script or a resource accessed at the web site in response to detecting that the first security mode Wi-Fi network has changed to the second security mode and that the communication security protocol type is unsecured.

A method, comprising:

• determining a hop count between a user device and a remote node accessed over a Wi-Fi network;
• determining a first security mode of the Wi-Fi network with which the user device is connected by comparing the hop count to a pre-defined threshold;
• detecting that an application is attempting to transmit sensitive information over the Wi-Fi network;
• and
• in response to determining that the first security mode of the Wi-Fi network is an unsecure mode and detecting that the application is attempting to transmit sensitive information over the open Wi-Fi network, preventing the transmission of the sensitive information.