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Mastering Kali Linux Wireless Pentesting

You're reading from Mastering Kali Linux Wireless Pentesting Test your wireless network's security and master advanced wireless penetration techniques using Kali Linux

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785285561

Length 310 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Web Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Jilumudi Raghu Ram

Brian Sak

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Wireless Penetration Testing Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER

2. Wireless Network Scanning

3. Exploiting Wireless Devices

4. Wireless Cracking

5. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

6. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Using Evil Twin Access Points

7. Advanced Wireless Sniffing

8. Denial of Service Attacks

9. Wireless Pentesting from Non-Traditional Platforms

Index

Wireless discovery using Android PCAP

Android PCAP makes use of an external USB wireless adapter to identify and capture wireless traffic from the Android OS. This eliminates any specific radio concerns or hardware compatibility with the wireless testing tools since you can use a chipset that supports these features.

Review the following requirements before attempting to proceed with this setup on your own Android device:

Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich)
A USB wireless adapter with an RTL 8187 chipset (such as ALFA AWUS036H)
A device that supports USB Host Mode
USB OTG (On the Go) adapter
External Power Adapter or HDD Y-Cable

Once done, follow these steps:

Download Android PCAP from the Google Play Store or install it from the .APK file.
Connect the USB OTG adapter, USB Wireless Adapter, HDD Y-Cable, and External Power Source in the following manner:
The USB Wireless Adapter will now be detected and you will be able to capture and log wireless traffic that is seen in the area. The log files can...

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Authors (2)

Raghu Ram

Raghu Ram

Jilumudi Raghu Ram is a security analyst with over 5 years of experience in the information security domain, with a strong knowledge of incident response, digital forensics, network security, infrastructure penetration testing, and Secure configuration audits. He has conducted security audits for more than 70 networks, both internal and external, re-audits, secure configuration reviews, and server audits (Linux and Windows) for various organizations. One of his major clients has been the Government of India, where his team was responsible for conducting penetration testing assignments for various government bodies, as well as preparing vulnerability assessment and penetration testing reports, and supporting the clients to fix those vulnerabilities. Raghu Ram's areas of expertise include incident response, digital forensics, threat research, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, dynamic malware analysis, intrusion detection systems, and security operations monitoring. Raghu Ram has written various articles related to information security in the Hindu Group magazine Frontline. He also maintains his own website dedicated to Penetration Testing - www.wirelesspentest.com

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Sak

Sak

Brian Sak, CCIE #14441 (Security), is a 20-year information security veteran who currently works as a technical solutions architect for Cisco Systems. At Cisco Systems, he is engaged in solution development, and he consults with Cisco partners to help them build and improve their processes and services in the areas of big data analytics and digitization. Prior to joining Cisco Systems, Brian performed security consulting, penetration testing, and security assessment services for large financial institutions, US government agencies, and enterprises in the Fortune 500. In addition to numerous security and industry certifications, he has a bachelor's of science degree in information technology, with an emphasis on information security, and a master's of science degree in information security and assurance. He is also a contributor to The Center for Internet Security and other publications by Packt and Cisco Press.

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