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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Essentials

By : Marco Alamanni

4.1 (7)

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Essentials

4.1 (7)

By: Marco Alamanni

Overview of this book

This book is targeted at information security professionals, penetration testers and network/system administrators who want to get started with wireless penetration testing. No prior experience with Kali Linux and wireless penetration testing is required, but familiarity with Linux and basic networking concepts is recommended.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Introduction to Wireless Penetration Testing

1. Introduction to Wireless Penetration Testing

Phases of penetration testing

Summary

2. Setting Up Your Machine with Kali Linux

2. Setting Up Your Machine with Kali Linux

Introduction to the Kali Linux distribution

Installing Kali Linux

Wireless adapter setup and configuration

Summary

3. WLAN Reconnaissance

3. WLAN Reconnaissance

Introduction to 802.11 standard and wireless LAN

Wireless LAN scanning

Wireless scanning with Kismet

Summary

4. WEP Cracking

4. WEP Cracking

An introduction to WEP

WEP cracking with Aircrack-ng

Summary

5. WPA/WPA2 Cracking

5. WPA/WPA2 Cracking

An introduction to WPA/WPA2

WPA cracking with the GPU

WPA cracking with automated tools

Summary

6. Attacking Access Points and the Infrastructure

6. Attacking Access Points and the Infrastructure

Attacks against Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Attacking WPA-Enterprise

Denial of Service attacks

Rogue access points

Attacking AP authentication credentials

Summary

7. Wireless Client Attacks

7. Wireless Client Attacks

Honeypot access points and Evil Twin attacks

Man-in-the-middle attacks

The Caffe Latte attack

The Hirte attack

Cracking WPA keys without the AP

Summary

8. Reporting and Conclusions

8. Reporting and Conclusions

The four stages of report writing

The report format

Summary

Conclusions

A. References

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Wireless Penetration Testing

Chapter 2 – Setting Up Your Machine with Kali Linux

Chapter 3 – WLAN Reconnaissance

Chapter 4 – WEP Cracking

Chapter 5 – WPA/WPA2 Cracking

Chapter 6 – Attacking Access Points and the Infrastructure

Chapter 7 – Wireless Client Attacks

Chapter 8 – Reporting and Conclusions

Index

Index

Chapter 3. WLAN Reconnaissance

In this chapter, we are going to introduce the basic concepts behind wireless LANs (Local Area Networks) and see how to carry out the reconnaissance and information gathering phase of our penetration test.

This chapter deals with wireless networks scanning and information gathering, enumerating visible and hidden networks, identifying the security protocols used, their possible vulnerabilities and the connected clients. The topics covered are as follows:

Introduction to 802.11 standard and wireless LAN
Introduction to wireless scanning
Wireless scanning with airodump-ng
Wireless scanning with Kismet

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