Wi-Fi or wireless networks are fast becoming the access layer of choice for a wide variety of environments. The agility, convenience, and now the near wire-rate speeds are a boon to dynamic workforces, but businesses are often reluctant to dial up the security as they are afraid of undermining the ease of use and creature comforts that their users crave. Unfortunately for these environments, this also means we as penetration testers, as well as our black hat hacking foes, can take advantage of that same insecure network to both intercept their traffic and obtain our own illicit access.
Our Kali Linux installation can include enough wireless tools to warrant its own metapackage category (Kali-Linux-Wireless), but unfortunately, the built-in Wi-Fi adapter is limited to merely attaching to networks. In order to conduct intercept and monitoring, we need an adapter such as the Panda PAUO5 300Mbps Wireless N (2.4 GHz) USB Adapter (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2...