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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook

By : Sean-Philip Oriyano
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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook

By: Sean-Philip Oriyano

Overview of this book

More and more organizations are moving towards wireless networks, and Wi-Fi is a popular choice. The security of wireless networks is more important than ever before due to the widespread usage of Wi-Fi networks. This book contains recipes that will enable you to maximize the success of your wireless network testing using the advanced ethical hacking features of Kali Linux. This book will go through techniques associated with a wide range of wireless penetration tasks, including WLAN discovery scanning, WEP cracking, WPA/WPA2 cracking, attacking access point systems, operating system identification, vulnerability mapping, and validation of results. You will learn how to utilize the arsenal of tools available in Kali Linux to penetrate any wireless networking environment. You will also be shown how to identify remote services, how to assess security risks, and how various attacks are performed. By finishing the recipes, you will feel confident conducting wireless penetration tests and will be able to protect yourself or your organization from wireless security threats.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Creating a beacon flood

In this recipe, we will continue our line of thinking and exploration from the previous recipe where we spoofed a beacon frame, but we are going to raise the bar in intensity by trying to attempt a flood of beacon frames. In the previous recipe, we mainly focused on how to create a spoofed beacon frame. Here, what we want to do is send out wave after wave of fake access points with the intention that we can confuse clients in the area and cause them to have performance issues. In fact, the fascinating thing about performing a beacon flood is that under certain conditions it can cause scanners, software, and even drivers to not just under-perform but actually crash or even lock up the system they're present on. You can imagine this is a denial of service and would be very frustrating for the owner of those software devices or whatever node is having...