Setting up a wireless penetration testing lab
Understanding how to perform wireless penetration testing helps organizations to determine how a real threat actor is able to discover and exploit security vulnerabilities in their company’s wireless network infrastructure. Let’s first have a quick overview of wireless networks and the associated security standards and access methods.
Brief overview of wireless network security
Within many organizations, you will commonly find wireless networks that are implemented to support wireless mobility for their employees. Employees can connect their smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, tablets, and laptops to the corporate Wi-Fi network and access the resources on the wired network, such as printers and servers. In small and large organizations, the wireless router or access point is usually configured using one of the following wireless security standards:
- Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- Wi-Fi Protected...
