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Wireless Networks have become ubiquitous in today's world. Millions of people use it worldwide every day at their homes, offices and public hotspots to logon to the Internet and do both personal and professional work. Even though wireless makes life incredibly easy and gives us such great mobility, it comes with risks. In recent times, insecure wireless networks have been used to break into companies, banks and government organizations. The frequency of these attacks is only intensified, as network administrators are still clueless when it comes to securing wireless networks in a robust and fool proof way.Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide is aimed at helping the reader understand the insecurities associated with wireless networks, and how to conduct penetration tests to find and plug them. This is an essential read for those who would like to conduct security audits on wireless networks and always wanted a step-by-step practical. As every wireless attack explained in this book is immediately followed by a practical demo, the learning is very complete.
We have chosen Kali Linux as the platform to test all the wireless attacks in this book. Backtrack, as most of you may already be aware, is the world's most popular penetration testing distribution. It contains hundreds of security and hacking tools, some of which we will use in this course of this book.
Content:-
Preface
Chapter 1: Wireless Lab Setup
Chapter 2: WLAN and its Inherent Insecurities
Chapter 3: Bypassing WLAN Authentication
Chapter 4: WLAN Encryption Flaws
Chapter 5: Attacks on the WLAN Infrastructure
Chapter 6: Attacking the Client
Chapter 7: Advanced WLAN Attacks
Chapter 8: Attacking WPA-Enterprise and RADIUS
Chapter 9: WLAN Penetration Testing Methodology
Chapter 10: WPS and Probes
Appendix: Pop Quiz Answers
Index
Author Details
"Vivek Ramachandran" has been working on Wi-Fi Security since 2003. He discovered the Caffe Latte attack and also broke WEP Cloaking, a WEP protection schema, publicly in 2007 at DEF CON."Cameron Buchanan" is a penetration tester by trade and a writer in his spare time. He has performed penetration tests around the world for a variety of clients across many industries. Previously, he was a member of the RAF.
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