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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

Time for action – cracking default accounts on the access points


Follow these instructions to get started:

  1. Let's first connect to our Wireless Lab access point and attempt to navigate to the HTTP management interface. We see that the access point model is TP-LINK Wireless N Router WR841N, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. From the manufacturer's website, we find the default password for admin is admin. We try this on the login page and we succeed in logging in. This shows how easy it is to break into accounts with default credentials. We highly encourage you to obtain the router's user manual online. This will allow you to understand what you are dealing with during the penetration test and gives you an insight into other configuration flaws you could check for.

What just happened?

We verified that the default credentials were never changed on this access point, and this could lead to a full network compromise. Also, even if the default credentials are changed, the result should not be...