Ethical Hacking: Wireless Networks

Course details

Wireless networks are convenient and popular, but poor configuration and encryption leave them open to attack. Hackers can use Wi-Fi vulnerabilities to infiltrate your entire network. Security professionals need to know how to detect, prevent, and counter these kinds of attacks using the latest tools and techniques—the subject of this course with cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore. Malcolm covers everything from configuring basic security to understanding how hackers extract passwords, harvest connections at rogue access point, and attack networks via Bluetooth. He also explains how to select the right antennae for testing and introduces some sophisticated Windows and Linux tools to scan for vulnerabilities, including Acrylic, Ekahau, and Wireshark. By the end of the course, you should be able to shore up your wireless connections and gain confidence that your local network is safe to use.

Learning objectives
Selecting an antenna
Configuring security
Extracting WEP and network passwords
Testing passwords
Harvesting connections from rogue access points
Attacking networks via Bluetooth
Capturing wireless packets with Acrylic Wi-Fi
Heat mapping with Ekahau
Wi-Fi sniffing with Wireshark
Testing the Internet of Things

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learn how to protect your wireless network
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Course disclaimer

1. Wi-Fi Networks

04 - Understanding wireless networks
05 - Selecting an antenna for wireless network testing
06 - Configuring security in wireless networks
07 - Understanding the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
08 - Extracting WEP passwords using Wifite
09 - Extracting network passwords through WPS
10 - Using WiFite and Aircrack-ng to test WPA passwords
11 - Using Pixiedust to recover keys
12 - A first look at WPA3
13 - Understanding Dragonblood

2. Rogue Access Points

14 - Harvesting connections with an evil twin
15 - Set up the WiFi Pineapple
16 - Harvest credentials with the WiFi Pineapple
17 - Capturing WPA handshakes
18 - Scanning and attacking with Fluxion

3. Bluetooth

19 - Understanding Bluetooth
20 - Scanning for Bluetooth devices
21 - Legacy attacks using Bluesnarfer

4. Additional Tools

22 - Using FernWi-Fi Cracker
23 - Discovering networks with inSSIDer
24 - Capturing wireless packets with Acrylic Analyzer
25 - Heat mapping with Ekehau
26 - Wi-Fi sniffing using Wireshark
27 - Scanning with Vistumbler
28 - Using Commview to scan Wi-Fi networks

5. Internet of Things

29 - Testing the Internet of Things

Conclusion

30 - Summary