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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How to Crack WiFi Networks

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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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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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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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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