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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

Probe sniffing


We have spoken about probes previously, and how they can be used to identify hidden networks and perform effective rogue access point attacks. They can also be used to identify individuals as targets or track them on a mass scale with minimal equipment.

When a device wishes to connect to a network, it sends a probe request that contains its own MAC address and the name of the network it wishes to connect to. We can use tools such as airodump-ng to track these. However, if we wish to identify whether an individual was present at a specific location at a specific time or look for trends in Wi-Fi usage, we will need to use a different approach.

In this section, we will utilize tshark and Python to collect data. You will receive the code and an explanation of what is being done.