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Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

By : Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran
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Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

4.5 (44)
By: Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran
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Overview of this book

If you are a security professional, pentester, or anyone interested in getting to grips with wireless penetration testing, this is the book for you. Some familiarity with Kali Linux and wireless concepts is beneficial.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Wireless Lab Setup
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1. Wireless Lab Setup
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Hardware requirements
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Software requirements
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Installing Kali
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Time for action – installing Kali
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Setting up the access point
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Time for action – configuring the access point
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Setting up the wireless card
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Time for action – configuring your wireless card
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Connecting to the access point
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Time for action – configuring your wireless card
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Summary
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2. WLAN and its Inherent Insecurities
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2. WLAN and its Inherent Insecurities
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Revisiting WLAN frames
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Time for action – creating a monitor mode interface
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Time for action – sniffing wireless packets
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Time for action – viewing management, control, and data frames
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Time for action – sniffing data packets for our network
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Time for action – packet injection
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Important note on WLAN sniffing and injection
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Time for action – experimenting with your adapter
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The role of regulatory domains in wireless
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Time for action – experimenting with your adapter
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Summary
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3. Bypassing WLAN Authentication
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3. Bypassing WLAN Authentication
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Hidden SSIDs
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Time for action – uncovering hidden SSIDs
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MAC filters
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Time for action – beating MAC filters
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Open Authentication
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Time for action – bypassing Open Authentication
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Shared Key Authentication
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Time for action – bypassing Shared Authentication
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Summary
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4. WLAN Encryption Flaws
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4. WLAN Encryption Flaws
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WLAN encryption
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WEP encryption
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Time for action – cracking WEP
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WPA/WPA2
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Time for action – cracking WPA-PSK weak passphrases
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Speeding up WPA/WPA2 PSK cracking
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Time for action – speeding up the cracking process
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Decrypting WEP and WPA packets
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Time for action – decrypting WEP and WPA packets
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Connecting to WEP and WPA networks
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Time for action – connecting to a WEP network
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Time for action – connecting to a WPA network
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Summary
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5. Attacks on the WLAN Infrastructure
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5. Attacks on the WLAN Infrastructure
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Default accounts and credentials on the access point
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Time for action – cracking default accounts on the access points
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Denial of service attacks
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Time for action – deauthentication DoS attacks
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Evil twin and access point MAC spoofing
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Time for action – evil twins and MAC spoofing
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A rogue access point
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Time for action – cracking WEP
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Summary
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6. Attacking the Client
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6. Attacking the Client
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Honeypot and Mis-Association attacks
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Time for action – orchestrating a Mis-Association attack
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The Caffe Latte attack
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Time for action – conducting a Caffe Latte attack
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Deauthentication and disassociation attacks
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Time for action – deauthenticating the client
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The Hirte attack
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Time for action – cracking WEP with the Hirte attack
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AP-less WPA-Personal cracking
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Time for action – AP-less WPA cracking
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Summary
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7. Advanced WLAN Attacks
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7. Advanced WLAN Attacks
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A man-in-the-middle attack
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Time for action – man-in-the-middle attack
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Wireless Eavesdropping using MITM
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Time for action – Wireless Eavesdropping
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Session hijacking over wireless
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Time for action – session hijacking over wireless
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Finding security configurations on the client
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Time for action – deauthentication attacks on the client
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Summary
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8. Attacking WPA-Enterprise and RADIUS
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8. Attacking WPA-Enterprise and RADIUS
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Setting up FreeRADIUS-WPE
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Time for action – setting up the AP with FreeRADIUS-WPE
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Attacking PEAP
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Time for action – cracking PEAP
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EAP-TTLS
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Security best practices for Enterprises
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Summary
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9. WLAN Penetration Testing Methodology
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9. WLAN Penetration Testing Methodology
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Wireless penetration testing
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Planning
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Discovery
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Attack
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Reporting
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Summary
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10. WPS and Probes
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10. WPS and Probes
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WPS attacks
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Time for action – WPS attack
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Probe sniffing
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Time for action – collecting data
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Summary
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A. Pop Quiz Answers
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Chapter 1, Wireless Lab Setup
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Chapter 2, WLAN and its Inherent Insecurities
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Chapter 3, Bypassing WLAN Authentication
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Chapter 4, WLAN Encryption Flaws
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Chapter 5, Attacks on the WLAN Infrastructure
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Chapter 6, Attacking the Client
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Chapter 7, Advanced WLAN Attacks
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Chapter 8, Attacking WPA-Enterprise and RADIUS
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Index
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Index

Chapter 2. WLAN and its Inherent Insecurities

 

"The loftier the building, the deeper the foundation must be laid."

 
 --Thomas Kempis

Nothing great can be built on a weak foundation, and in our context, nothing secure can be built on something that is inherently insecure.

WLANs, by design, have certain insecurities that are relatively easy to exploit, for example, by packet spoofing, packet injection, and sniffing (this could even happen from far away). We will explore these flaws in this chapter.

In this chapter, we shall look at the following:

  • Revisiting WLAN frames
  • Different frame types and subtypes
  • Using Wireshark to sniff management, control, and data frames
  • Sniffing data packets for a given wireless network
  • Injecting packets into a given wireless network

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