Questions tagged [wireless]
Wireless security topics including 802.11, Bluetooth, and others.
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Which EAP connection is strong? Certificate based EAP connection or credentials based EAP connection?
What difference we can observe when connecting using the certificate generated using the RADIUS and the credentials that we define in RADIUS like username & password.
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E: Unable to locate package kali-linux-wireless [migrated]
I cannot use wifi on Kali linux.
Here is the list of packages listed which does not seem to include the wireless package:
root@localhost:/abhinav# apt-cache search kali-linux
kali-linux-arm - Kali ...
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monitor mode stopped working [migrated]
My wifi adapter used to work fine on my Kali, this means when ever I enable monitor mode, the interface name changes from wlan0 to wlan0mon and all is fine, but recently, it stopped changing from ...
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What may a attacker do when they gain have password to my wifi router
So, suppose you gain access to my wifi router through some attacks (may be brute-force). After a days or two I changed my wifi password with more complexity. So what can you(a attacker) do to again to ...
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Why my card changes from WPA Handshake to PMKID or vice versa just by airodump-ng
I am running Kali linux 2020.3 on VBox on Windows 10. I put my wireless card AWUS036ACH chipset Realtek RTL8812AU in monitor mode using airmon-ng start wlan0.
Then i use airodump-ng wlan0 to capture ...
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As of 2020, is there any fix for 802.11w deadlock?
This is an old 802.11w issue that has been documented and it's a very big issue as clients can be selectively attacked and enter a deadlock, where only disabling and re-enabling wifi solves the issue (...
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Should Group Key Update Interval be Off or On?
My router has this option and I was wondering if it should be turned off or on for better security? If it is better security to leave it on what is the best interval for maximum security?
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Could a Chromecast be compromised from its default open network?
I left my apartment for few days, so I disconnected my wireless router but I forgot to disconnect my Chromecast as well. I remember that when a Chromecast can't find the network it was connected to ...
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Airmon-ng/Airodump-ng - Low Beacon Count on certain networks
It's been a few years since I've played around with this so I'm not sure if times have changed.
When using AR7921 chipset (Alfa AWUS036NHA) on Ubuntu 20.04 I can see many networks using the following ...
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Why does WiFi deauthentication need multiple packets to work?
I am trying to understand a common "problem" when injection deauthentication frames in 802.11 networks.
My goal is to cause a client to re-authenticate (like one would do, to capture a 4-way-...
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how many network adapters does an evil twin attack require
what is the difference between performing an evil twin attack with 2 wireless adapters or with just on or is it even possible to perform this attack with just one adapter? i am using Kali Linux
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What does WPA2 traffic look like to a packet sniffer that is not connected to the network?
Imagine there is a wireless network using WPA2, and an attacker has come along with his wireless card in monitor mode. What will the packets from that network look like? Is any information disclosed i....
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802.11 data frames missing from Wireless frames capturing
By working on the Wireless QoS (WMM/802.11e), I captured with airmon-ng and airodump-ng on Kali Linux, the 802.11 raw wireless frames, on my BSSID and channel.
I generate some traffic from my ...
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Looking to take a hotspot that is shared and create my own hotspot that can be firewalled
What is the best way to take a wireless hotspot that is owned by someone else, create my own hotspot or VLAN to be able to Firewall / Not allow my devices to view the other individuals' devices?
I ...
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How can wireless password cracking be detected?
Our team was hired for a red team engagement for a client. A part of the engagement is attempting to crack the WiFi passwords of their office APs. However, we obviously want to stay undetected. What ...
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Scapy: Sending forged Probe Requests and capturing them in a different device
Objective:
Sending a forged Probe Request frame from one machine and capturing it on a second machine.
I have two codes running:
sender.py
interface = sys.argv[1]
dot11 = Dot11(addr1='ff:ff:ff:ff:...
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What is the significant difference between a Rogue Access Point & Client Mis-Association [closed]
As the title states, how can I differentiate both of them.
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How does an IMSI catcher “impersonate” a base station/cell tower?
On reading about IMSI catchers, I keep seeing that they "impersonate" a real cell tower or "base station" so that the phone drops its signal-carried data on that machine while on its way to the ...
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Display filter to see WPS attempts in WireShark [closed]
My neighbour is actively trying WPS pins on my router - I know because the "WiFi/WPS" LED on my router lit up when I have permanently turned it off! I double checked the setting using the router admin ...
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Is this the signature of a KRACK attack?
A router (or one spoofing as a router) unilaterally sent to a client an EAPOL packet 1 of 4, and then immediately sent 5 packets of EAPOL packet 3 of 4.
Is this the signature of a KRACK attack? And ...
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Capture WiFi AP authentication attempted password
Is it possible for someone who is doing air monitor mode (ex. using airmon-ng) or is using a rogue device to capture attempted authentication on a Wi-Fi AP ?
For example, I have a home router WPA2-...
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How does one steal files by connecting to a laptop's WIFI / Bluetooth? [closed]
I'm asking how does one steal files by connecting to a laptop's WIFI / Bluetooth and can it be done with the laptop powered off if there is a battery?
Could you please explain how you would connect ...
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RF signal Wi-Fi leak [closed]
How can one steal files off a laptop hard drive using RF / Wi-Fi signals? Can it be done with the laptop powered off if there is a battery?
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Network Adapter error on airgeddon
I keep getting an error on airgeddon while using my Alfa AWUS036ACH network adapter (RTL8812AU chipset).
I can launch airgeddon successfully with all requisite tools installed, select my wlan0 ...
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How SIGINT Researchers/Operators collect, decode and monitor a vast array of wireless data? [closed]
In wireless communication, data flows at various frequencies ranging from Radio to Satellite communication. These frequency carriers are allocated for different uses based on various requirement ...
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Can I use a public / private keypair to secure traffic on my wifi on OpenWRT?
Wifi passwords are a pretty weak way to secure a Wifi Access point; is it possible to use a public / private key to secure traffic on a wifi access point which runs OpenWRT.
I know I can secure SSH ...
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How to speed up brute forcing of finding a WEP key from a captured file?
I have been working on decrypting a WEP .cap file using crunch. It has 1268 IVs. I am wondering:
Can I get a clue from the captured file to speed the process of brute-forcing?
If not, what other ways ...
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Capturing multicast packets in WLAN
(I had to move this from Network Engineering stack exchange where I origianlly asked this question)
If a device in monitoring mode snoops on the traffic in a WLAN, can it CAPTURE and READ multicast ...
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Why doesn't the fluxion attack steal credentials when authenticating to the network?
I ask this question because i am not happy with the answer here
In a normal attack such as fluxion.
You send DEAUTH packets to the victim wifi.
Clone their access point and host an open wifi.
Let the ...
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Why do evil twin attacks against WiFi use a captive portal?
I was recently the victim of an evil twin attack on my WiFi network, probably by the new upstairs neighbors. It prompted me, with a captive portal, saying there had been an update and I needed to ...
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MAC/IP address hiding
I am doing some experiments with wireless protocols on ns-3. What I want to ask is how can I hide MAC address/IP address, because I need it for my experiments? Is it possible to use encryption on ...
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Router administration page is served over HTTP
My wireless router admin page does not include https option.
It is always served over http. This is obviously a concern in case someone is sniffing the network and can read my password in plain text.
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unauthorized devices appear in windows 10 network drive SMB [closed]
Few days ago I was trying to access a shared folder via SMB on Windows File Explorer and noticed 3 strange mobile phone devices appear listed in the network drive. I never owned any of the mobile ...
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How do you prevent/guard against a wireless disassociation attack [duplicate]
Going over the security+ lectures by professor Messer here, he explains and demonstrates a wireless disassociation attack very well. But no where in the video does he explain how this type of attack ...
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Capturing traffic on WiFi Network using Wireshark [duplicate]
Is it possible to capture, using Wireshark, regular data sent by another machine inside my Wireless LAN?
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Detect / Prove and Prevent Wifi Deauth attack
I'm suspecting that my neighbor is running multiple Wifi deauth flood attacks against my Wifi. I'm using WPA2 and I don't think he can really crack my password, but my devices keep having wifi ...
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How to get result from airdump-ng on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
Issue: when I run airodump-ng wlp3s0mon, no results appear.
I recently installed all kali linux tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from this git repo https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin
My chipset is the ...
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Where does last 4 bytes of hmac go in wpa2 mic?
The wpa2 mic is a 16 bytes array which is built by Hmac(sha1)
,But the Hmac(sha1) returns 20 bytes array.
So where does that 4 bytes go?
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Are there any known exploits against bluetooth mice or keyboards?
Most wireless mice are not bluetooth. There are known exploits that take over wireless mice and use them as a keyboard.
Are there known exploits that can remotely inject malware directly over ...
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What are the countermeasures against key cloning?
I’ve looked into the techniques of cloning the 315Mhz and 433Mhz remote car keys and I’m wondering what’s the countermeasure one can provide against wireless radio key lock? Since the radio signals do ...
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How do rolling code fobs and receivers synchronise?
This is a follow-up question to my earlier one: Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
I want to emphasize that I am asking this question more to ...
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Does pressing a car remote many times offer denial of service attack for rolling codes?
My understanding of remote car key fobs, and similar security devices with rolling codes, is that the key device is a transmitter that, each time the button is pressed, sends the next secret in a ...
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How does wireless keyboards' encryption prevent frequency analysis?
I've found very little information on this topic after much googling. The only partial answer I found was by Microsoft: Microsoft_AES_Technical_Factsheet
By adding random data to each message, each ...
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Is there any methodology to detect smart deauthentication attack?
I'm a project student in IIT-Hyderabad. I have been working in Wifi security domain for my M.Tech. In particular, I chose de-authentication attack.
Whenever I sent De-Auth frames continuously to APs ...
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Does improving password complexity improve the security of wireless networks?
Does having a complex preshared key improve the security of WPA2-PSK, or is having even a simple PSK enough to secure the wireless network?
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How to identify the communication protocol used in a wireless device?
I really hope that this is the right place to ask.
I need to analyze a baby monitor for any security or privacy weaknesses.
The spec sheet of the baby monitor says, that it uses the ISM 2400~2483.5 ...
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Is it possible to eavesdrop the wireless data transmission without being authorized to a router?
I read in computer security book that there are three places in wireless networking where you can be attacked: wireless transmission, access points and wireless network itself. The book illustrates ...
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What hardware components in a laptop should be removed in order to prevent it from wirelessly communicating with other devices?
If you have a laptop, what hardware components should be removed in order to prevent it from wirelessly communicating with other devices? In other words, how can I prevent a laptop from getting ...
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Airodump-ng : why are BSSID not associated?
Using airodump-ng with my wireless adapter in monitor mode, I am able to get expected scan to run.
I have a few questions :
Why do BSSIDs show as "not associated" (note: not all of them show as ...
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Prevent Text Spoofing - Best methods
In an enterprise environment we have been inundated with spoof texts appearing to be from the corporate office.
After much research it appears Verizon isn't able to assist. Just wondering if anyone ...
