Creating a hacker’s toolkit
Being in the field of ethical hacking and penetration testing won’t feel complete without creating your very own hacker’s toolkit with some very cool gadgets. Having physical tools and gadgets is not always mandatory, but they help when simulating various real-world cyber-attacks.
ESP8266 microcontroller
The following is an ESP8266 microcontroller, running custom firmware created by Spacehuhn:
Figure 18.1: ESP8266 microcontroller
This tool assists penetration testers when performing simulated attacks on a targeted wireless network. The custom Deauther firmware allows you to perform wireless reconnaissance and de-authentication attacks, capture wireless probes and beacons, perform wireless confusion attacks, and even detect de-authentication attacks by threat actors.
To learn more about Spacehuhn’s Deauther firmware for the ESP8266, please see https://github.com/SpacehuhnTech/esp8266_deauther.
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