Ethical Hacking, Volume 16

Wireless networks carry traffic through the air to anyone close enough to listen, which makes them attractive to attackers. Volume 16 covers how they work, how they are attacked, and how to secure them. It opens with why wireless networks matter and where they are vulnerable, then covers wireless concepts: the types of wireless networks, the protocols, and the devices.

The encryption chapter explains the types of wireless encryption, the methods and algorithms behind them, and their weaknesses. The threats chapter covers eavesdropping, rogue access points, DoS and DDoS, password attacks, evil twins, wardriving, Bluetooth and NFC attacks, IoT device vulnerabilities, jamming, man-in-the-middle attacks, packet injection and physical attacks. The methodology chapter follows a wireless hack from reconnaissance and scanning through gaining access and persistence to covering tracks, alongside the ways to prevent each step. Further chapters cover wireless hacking tools, from Wi-Fi scanners and analyzers to password crackers and evil twin tools, and Bluetooth: its concepts, hacking methods and tools. The countermeasures chapter covers encryption and WPA, VPNs, IDS and IPS, frequency hopping, jamming detection, rogue access point detection, wireless intrusion prevention systems and RF shielding.

After reading it, you will be able to assess a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth deployment for the common attacks and secure it against them.