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Wi-Fi Hacking

"How to Hack Wi-Fi: Capturing WPA Passwords by Targeting Users with a Fluxion Attack" cover image
Mar 9, 2020

With tools such as Reaver becoming less viable options for pen-testers as ISPs replace vulnerable routers, there become fewer certainties about which tools will work against a particular target. If yo ...

Wireless device with a display showing options: I SCAN, SELECT, ATTACK, PACKET MONITOR, CLOCK.
Feb 28, 2020

The price of hacking Wi-Fi has fallen dramatically, and low-cost microcontrollers are increasingly being turned into cheap yet powerful hacking tools. One of the most popular is the ESP8266, an Arduin ...

Wi-Fi symbol with a fishing hook, set against a background of code.
Feb 25, 2020

While password cracking and WPS setup PIN attacks get a lot of attention, social engineering attacks are by far the fastest way of obtaining a Wi-Fi password. One of the most potent Wi-Fi social engin ...

"How to Use Ettercap to Intercept Passwords with ARP Spoofing" cover image
Feb 7, 2020

ARP spoofing is an attack against an Ethernet or Wi-Fi network to get between the router and the target user. In an ARP-spoofing attack, messages meant for the target are sent to the attacker instead, ...

Session log showing details of a running hash mining process.
Feb 1, 2020

Cracking the password for WPA2 networks has been roughly the same for many years, but a newer attack requires less interaction and info than previous techniques and has the added advantage of being ab ...

Laptop displaying code with wireless antennas in a dark environment.
Jan 29, 2020

Router gateways are responsible for protecting every aspect of a network's configuration. With unfettered access to these privileged configurations, an attacker on a compromised Wi-Fi network can perf ...

A laptop displaying code and terminal output.
Jan 24, 2020

There are many tools out there for Wi-Fi hacking, but few are as integrated and well-rounded as Bettercap. Thanks to an impressively simple interface that works even over SSH, it's easy to access many ...

Code snippet displaying network security commands and protocols.
Jan 6, 2020

You may have heard of a signal jammer before, which usually refers to a device that blasts out a strong enough radio signal to drown out the reception of nearby devices like cell phones. Purpose-built ...

A person coding on a laptop in a dimly lit environment.
Dec 13, 2019

While Wi-Fi networks can be set up by smart IT people, that doesn't mean the users of the system are similarly tech-savvy. We'll demonstrate how an evil twin attack can steal Wi-Fi passwords by kickin ...

Various USB Wi-Fi adapters on a display shelf.
Sep 10, 2019

To hack a Wi-Fi network using Kali Linux, you need your wireless card to support monitor mode and packet injection. Not all wireless cards can do this, so I've rounded up this list of 2019's best wire ...