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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):

Raghu Ram

Sak

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Mastering Kali Linux Wireless Pentesting

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewer

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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

Using OpenWrt for wireless assessments

OpenWrt (https://www.openwrt.org) is a custom Linux-based distribution that is designed for embedded platforms, such as home wireless routers. It supports many different processor types, wireless radios, and hardware configurations. The primary challenge with these embedded hardware platforms is their limited RAM, disk space, and processing power. For example, the Cisco Linksys E2000, used to demonstrate the commands in this chapter, has a Broadcom MPS74Kc processor running at 354 MHz, 8 MB of Flash, and 32 MB of RAM, which is a very constrained space to run an operating system and additional applications in. Since the platforms are embedded systems on chips, they can be made very small and hence can be great for this use case.

There are several devices that can be purchased, and they are preinstalled with OpenWrt and are powered by USB, have onboard wireless, support USB 3G interfaces and, most importantly, are tiny. This makes them a great platform...

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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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