Wireless security topics including 802.11, Bluetooth, and others.
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Hack a LAN with low security [closed]
In our university users have to use VPN to connect to internet.But for local works(like login to university website,checking their university accounts) VPN is not needed.And as I know we have ...
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how to monitor a Wifi (802.11) network?
How to capture a sequential stream of data between two machines, making no assumptions about network layer protocols? On wired network, one can do it by ARP spoofing and then sniff the network. One ...
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How to camouflage the IP packages in a Home share wireless router? [duplicate]
I want to be able to hide my IP packages at best connecting to my router that I am sharing with other people in my house.
Is it possible?
Can I encapsulate them and let them unreadable?
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Security difference in wardriving open network versus monitoring traffic on a network to which I am authenticated
I have been listening to the CBT nuggets on comptia security+ and there were a few sections on wireless security. A question that occurred to me was: if I am authorized to use a wireless network, and ...
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What would one need to do in order to hijack a satellite?
I realise this borders on sci-fi, but there's been some interesting demonstrations regarding security of various satellites.
What would be required to hack a satellite (in general terms, any hack ...
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Measuring SNR to detect jammers in Wi-Fi networks
I'm trying to figure out a way to detect a Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz signal Jammer. I am not looking into
locating the location of the jammer but rather detect the jamming signal. How do i do so using
only ...
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Automatic router admin password change [closed]
I feel that this is definitely a hack of some sort and an interesting one.
I am using a Beetel 450TC1 ADSL2+ modem router and here is what I face:
* First, I disconnect the telephone line from the ...
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If someone hacks my wi-fi connnection, what can they see and how?
I have two questions on wifi security:
If someone knows my wifi password (be it WEP or WPA) what can they
see on my screen? Do they just see URLs I visit, or can they see
everything in my ...
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Aviation security - Lessons to learn from PlaneSploit
A somewhat related question has already been asked (What would one need to do in order to hijack a satellite?), only at a more abstract level.
Now we have a presentation by Hugo Teso from n.runs AG ...
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Are Kismet (on OpenWRT) and Snort IDS (on a linux server) compatitble?
I'm trying to develop an IDS/IPS system project to include these elements:
A router running OpenWRT running Kismet drone (Attitude Adjustment 12.09rc1)
A Linux server (Running Kismet server + client)
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How do cellphones discover wireless APs? [closed]
I'm trying to find some information on how cellphones discover which wireless networks are in range? Is it via ARP or DHCP discover? Also how often does a cellphone do this polling?
I can't find any ...
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Why does layer 2 IDS seem underdeveloped compared to layer 3 IDS, for wireless network?
I understand that there are many applications such as Snort that do the job for network layer 3 IDS.
From what I have researched, layer 2 wireless IDS seems like a field that is very slow in ...
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Wireless Security: PEAP
I was wondering if there are any known attacks against PEAP used in wireless authentication/authorization?
I'm specifically looking for attacks that would allow:
bypassing the authentication
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Tracing Wireless Card
Let's say that hypothetically someone had broken into a WiFi connection. We can't find any evidence of whom it is via sniffing the traffic or anything of the sort.
Is there any way to triangulate ...
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Do WPA-Enterprise implementations have built-in anti-IP-spoofing?
i'd like to know if WPA-Enterprise implementations have built-in anti-IP-spoofing. here's what i mean:
it seems to me like IP spoofing should be easily detectable and handled under WPA-Enterprise. ...
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How do I find a target on the wired network, from an attack system on Wi-Fi?
I'm trying to practice penetration testing on my home network. The target system is my desktop computer, which is connected to the network via ethernet cable. The attack system is my laptop, which is ...
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Secure Wireless Implementations
For quite a while now, I have grown to treat wireless networks as inherently insecure. As part of this, I put them on the public Internet and require VPN connections to access company resources.
My ...
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How does the predator network prevent outside control by an attacker?
I read several articles saying some of the command and control fleet for the US robotic attack planes may have been infected with a virus.
Does this command and control system communicate with the ...
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How to discover if there is someone else connected to my wireless router?
I have a wireless router (WPA/WPA2) that is connected to my modem, so I can use wi-fi internet on my laptop. So, I'd like to know if there is any tool that allows me to discover if there is someone ...
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Are there any extra security risks with leaving wireless enabled while ethernet is connected?
Mainly I'm wondering if operating systems will always use ethernet for internet connections if it is available, falling back to wireless when it is not.
My thinking is based around the security ...
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Is it possible to use the aircrack-ng tool to crack a WPA2 Enterprise network?
is this tool (aircrack-ng) capable of cracking into a WPA/WPA2 Enterprise network? This tool has major success cracking the passwords of WEP/WPA networks.
If it can, how, but if not, is there another ...
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Metasploit Wifi Modules Asking for lorcon2
I'm using Metasploit Framework for Wifi Exploiation, on Backtrack R2, but I'm getting this error:
The Lorcon2 module is not available: no such file to load -- Lorcon2
But actually, I have installed ...
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How to Investigate Wi-Fi Intrusion and where to look for evidence?
I'm trying to figure out how to configure a network so that I can tell what an intruder did (in the past) while on the network after they are detected.
eg. If someone with a wi-fi enabled laptop ...
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What are the methods to crack WPA and WPA2? [closed]
Is there any method other than brute force and dictionary attacks to break WPA and WPA2?
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Wifi login redirect applications
This may sound a bit naive questions as i am a beginner. But I do my best to put it into words.
You may have experience when sometimes you want to use the internet in a cafe for example (with your ...
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What makes PINless Wi-Fi Direct using WPS on Android secure?
I've read from Wikipedia that Wi-Fi direct uses WPS (Wifi Protected Setup),
and I know that in Android (at least what I have which is 4.0.1 on Galaxy S3) uses the WPS method of the "push button" to ...
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Would it be possible to extract user agent strings from 3G/4G Data
At a location where 3G/4G Data is prohibited, would it be practically possible to extract user agent strings from 3G/4G Data and compared to a list of known mobile browsers, assuming that the correct ...
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If two endpoints establish a mutual authenticated connection (TLSv1.0) is the medium between the endpoints a concern?
What are the vulnerable areas when two endpoint connect via TLS? Does the physical layer or data link layer a factor of security concern between the two endpoints? Does it matter in terms of security, ...
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How to simulate a WEP cracking scenario for faster cracking in local lab?
I need to illustrate WEP cracking methods, I'll be using aircrack suit for that.
There is a little problem that I want to speed up the method for very fast packet capturing, since this is just an ...
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Security threats of wireless charging?
It is well known that plugging your mobile device for charging in public/uncontrolled places through Micro-USB can be a security hazard. USB protocol supports much more than just transferring power, ...
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Unable to browse with my office Wireless network i am connected [closed]
I am unable to connect to the internet. I am behind a company router that requires authentication, and although I had provided it I am unable to connect out to the internet.
Everyone is able to ...
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Router admin password was changed, how did this happen and how to prevent [closed]
Internet was extremely spotty for about a week. I was on/off cycling the cable model and router almost daily, before I tried to sign into my router (198.162.1.1). When I did I was presented with a ...
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wireless security concern [closed]
My small office has Netgear Router (N300 DGN2200). I had it secured using "password" . So any computer which needed access had to give the security password. But today a outsider accessed my router ...
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RADIUS proxy chains
RADIUS is a widely deployed remote authentication protocol. I'm looking here at its use in wireless roaming. The RADIUS protocol allows for proxies and chains of proxies:
|CLIENT|<->|Access ...
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what is the role of RADiUS server and Active Directory to increase the security in wireless networks?
In the CBT Nuggets Video Training, one slide about Wireless networks :
i want to know about the role of Radius to increase the security and how? in this project: Deploy Active Directory and ...
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Can i apply the 270Mbps mode on my Netgear CBVG834G or increase frequency range? [closed]
I have a two floor apartment and my router is downstairs. My reception is lousy on the 1st floor and I am trying to find a solution without having to buy new equipment.
I've tried to change the ...
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Attack vectors opened simultaneous wireless and wired networks
I've seen some contention around the issue of whether or not wireless connections should be disabled in an environment where a wired domain and unregulated wireless network are both present.
What ...
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Passwords In Securing Network Devices
I don't do anything with corporate IT and networking, but I know enough to handle and get networks going. Anyway, something I ran into in my travels when it comes to the occasions of working on ...
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In WPA2-Enterprise, where does AES come in?
WPA2-Enterprise uses 802.1X to facilitate authentication, but when and how is CCMP/AES used to encrypt the data after the authentication is completed?
Let us say you want to use PEAP, and the TLS ...
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Sharing of Wireless Security and Encryption Settings
Frequently I try to connect to various wireless networks and spend more time trying to determine the correct settings (WPA or WPA2? Personal or Enterprise? and so on) than anything else.
Why isn't ...
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Wi-fi security using WPA or WEP
In current years we have used WPA and WPA 2 for the encryption of data sent over an 802.11 network. But in the past WEP is used . From time to time, many people say that WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) ...
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How is 4G LTE encrypted?
After a few quick searches for 3G security I was able to learn that this standard uses the KASUMI block cipher, of which several weaknesses have been identified (although apparently none of practical ...
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Defending against rogue access points
Tools like Karma, and its offspring's, have the feature of becoming any AP that a client is probing for. Your client will naturally connect to this fake AP as it sees nothing wrong with it, thus ...
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Is a wireless receiver a security weak point?
I have bought the Logitech Wireless Presenter R400, and it includes a Wireless receiver that it should be plugged in to the computer in order for the remote send signals to the computer.
I would like ...
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Wireless mouse security
How secure are wireless mice?
Is it possible to control a wireless mouse from a different computer?
Is it possible to know the mouse movements from a different computer?
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Wireless keyboard sniffing risk
I've just acquired a wireless keyboard/mouse combo (Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000). Only after having plugged it in did it get me thinking. How susceptible are those kind of setups to sniffing? Are ...
