Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing

As the number of mobile devices increases around the world, organizations are also increasing and improving their wireless networks. Wireless networking is very common and many companies are investing in enhancing their wireless network infrastructure to support mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. As an aspiring ethical hacker and penetration tester, it’s essential to develop solid foundational knowledge of wireless networking and understand how threat actors can identify and exploit security vulnerabilities within enterprise wireless networks.

In this chapter, you will learn about the fundamentals of wireless networks and how penetration testers can perform reconnaissance on their target’s wireless network. You will gain skills in compromising Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and WPA3 wireless networks with Access Points (APs), as well as personal and enterprise networks...