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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide - Third Edition

By : Cameron Buchanan, Daniel W. Dieterle, Vivek Ramachandran
Book Image

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide - Third Edition

By: Cameron Buchanan, Daniel W. Dieterle, Vivek Ramachandran

Overview of this book

As wireless networks become ubiquitous in our lives, wireless penetration testing has become a key skill in the repertoire of the professional penetration tester. This has been highlighted again recently with the discovery of the KRACK attack which enables attackers to potentially break into Wi-Fi networks encrypted with WPA2. The Kali Linux security distribution comes with a myriad of tools used for networking attacks and detecting security loopholes. Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition has been updated to Kali Linux 2017.3 with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack and how to defend against it. The book presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, introducing all elements of penetration testing with each new technology. You'll learn various wireless testing methodologies by example, from the basics of wireless routing and encryption through to detailed coverage of hacking methods and attacks such as the Hirte and Caffe Latte.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide Third Edition
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Discovery


In this phase, the aim is to identify and apply characteristics to the wireless devices and wireless networks within the scope.

All the techniques to perform these have been laid out in the previous chapters but, in brief, the aim is to:

  • Enumerate visible and hidden wireless networks in the area

  • Enumerate devices in the area, along with those connected to the targeted networks

  • Map the range of the networks, where they are reachable from and whether there are places a malicious individual could operate from to perform an attack, for example, a cafe

All of this information should be recorded. If the test is limited to the performance of reconnaissance only, the test will end here, and the tester will attempt to draw conclusions based on this information. Some statements that would be useful to a client are as follows:

  • The number of devices that have associations with open networks and the corporate network

  • The number of devices that have networks that can be linked to locations through...