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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

By : Dieterle, Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran
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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

4.6 (12)
By: Dieterle, Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran

Overview of this book

As wireless networks become ubiquitous in our lives, wireless penetration testing has become a key skill in the repertoire of the professional penetration tester. This has been highlighted again recently with the discovery of the KRACK attack which enables attackers to potentially break into Wi-Fi networks encrypted with WPA2. The Kali Linux security distribution comes with a myriad of tools used for networking attacks and detecting security loopholes. Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition has been updated to Kali Linux 2017.3 with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack and how to defend against it. The book presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, introducing all elements of penetration testing with each new technology. You'll learn various wireless testing methodologies by example, from the basics of wireless routing and encryption through to detailed coverage of hacking methods and attacks such as the Hirte and Caffe Latte.
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Time for action – creating a monitor mode interface

Let's now set our wireless adapter to monitor mode.

Follow these instructions to get started:

  1. Boot Kali with your adapter connected. Once you are within the console, enter iwconfig to confirm that your card has been detected and the driver has been loaded properly:
    Time for action – creating a monitor mode interface
  2. Use the ifconfig wlan0 up command to bring the card up (where wlan0 is your adapter). Verify whether the card is up by running ifconfig wlan0. You should see the word UP in the first line of the output as shown in the following screenshot:
    Time for action – creating a monitor mode interface
  3. To put our card into monitor mode, we will use the airmon-ng utility that is available by default on Kali. First run the airmon-ng command to verify whether it detects the available cards. You should see the wlan0 or wlan1 interface listed in the output:
    Time for action – creating a monitor mode interface
  4. Now enter the airmon-ng start wlan0 command to create a monitor mode interface corresponding to the wlan0 device. This new monitor mode interface will be named wlan0mon. (You can verify...

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