posted in Wireless Network on Feb 19th, 2013
Whether you’re traveling or just trying to get out of the house a bit more, there’s one thing that plagues us everywhere we go: Wi-Fi. We may not have that cloud of Wi-Fi covering the planet yet, but you can find free Wi-Fi almost anywhere, if you know how to look. Here’s what you need [...]
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posted in Wireless Network on Mar 31st, 2012
WEPs days are definitfely over and if you want to get access to a WiFi network you first have to overcome the WPA/WPA2 protection. That this is more than just realistic and these protections can be circumvented was already proven in December 2011. Before December 2011 people mostly tried cracking WPA/WPA2 by sniffing client systems [...]
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posted in Articles, Wireless Network on Mar 26th, 2012
Just to complete the list of WLAN hacking posts I decided to add this article as well. The original article (written by Adam Pash) can be found at lifehacker.com How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WPA Password with Reaver A new, free, open-source tool called Reaver exploits a security hole in wireless routers and can [...]
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posted in Info, Wireless Network on Mar 23rd, 2012
Just stumbled over this article on PC World dating back to March 2011. Dutch court rules wifi hacking is legal now. Aha! well then … Breaking in to an encrypted router and using the WiFi connection is not an criminal offence, a Dutch court ruled. WiFi hackers can not be prosecuted for breaching router security. [...]
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posted in Wireless Network on Dec 4th, 2010
Tool name Cowpatty Description coWPAtty is designed to audit the pre-shared key (PSK) selection for WPA networks based on the TKIP protocol. Website http://www.willhackforsushi.com/Cowpatty.html Platforms Linux Screenshots
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