Wi-Fi Penetration Testing

To capture a WPA handshake for wireless network penetration testing, you scan for target networks, monitor the specific channel, and perform a deauthentication attack to force a device to reconnect, capturing the handshake packets for offline password cracking.

Yes, you can use aircrack-ng to crack WEP and WPA2 passwords. Aircrack-ng is a core dependency for analyzing captured wireless packets, performing handshake captures, and executing offline dictionary attacks to recover network encryption keys.

A deauthentication attack in Wi-Fi security auditing is a pre-connection technique that forcibly disconnects targeted wireless clients from an access point. This forces the client to reconnect, allowing the auditor to capture the WPA handshake needed for vulnerability assessment.

Yes, this wireless penetration testing workflow supports WPS attacks using tools like Reaver. It assesses vulnerable WPS configurations by attempting brute-force attacks directly on the router, bypassing the need to capture a traditional WPA handshake.

To simulate a Man-in-the-Middle attack on a Wi-Fi network, you use tools like Ettercap or Bettercap after connecting to the target network. These dependencies facilitate post-connection exploitation by intercepting and analyzing local network traffic.

Comprehensive Wi-Fi vulnerability assessment requires tools like aircrack-ng for encryption cracking, Wireshark for packet analysis, Reaver for WPS attacks, and Bettercap for post-connection exploitation to identify weak passwords and misconfigurations.