Questions tagged [wifi]
Security for 802.11 wireless networks.
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Package injection not working on 5Ghz AWUS036ACS
To play with aircrack-ng on my own network I have bought an Alfa AWUS036ACS wifi adapter which according to the sales page has the Realtek RTL8811AU chipset but lsusb shows Realtek 8812AU/8821AU. On ...
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WPA3 password storage
In WPA2 configuration files for a client (e.g., phone, laptop, wifi-connected thermostat, wifi-connected camera) connection to the wifi router, I can save the PSK ("pre-shared key") in ...
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What command for hashcat to crack a 12-lowercase + 3-digit password
I've recently started to practice penetration testing on my own home wifi router specifically trying to crack the WiFi password hash. I know the password, it's dailycoconut482
What hashcat command ...
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Eduroam certificate - is it safe? [duplicate]
I am trying to use wifi at the university and the only option is to use eduroam. When connecting to eduroam it requires trusting a certificate first. I wonder, how safe is trusting this certificate ...
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Does enabling WPA-PSK on a station weaken the security of WPA2/3-PSK station<->AP links?
WPA1-PSK has a number of issues ranging including packet decryption and injection(See NOMORE, extended chop-chop, and work by Beck-Tews, Vanhoef-Piessens, Halvorsen), mostly relating to its derivation ...
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For a router, is storing the Wi-Fi password in plain text in its own storage/firmware considered a vulnerability, or is it standard practice?
All the routers firmwares I've dumped so far, memorizes the wifi password as cleartext (or encoded, but it's basically cleartext).
Is it normal? Or actually for less cheap router there are other ...
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How *specifically* does public wifi present a malware infection threat
There is no shortage of articles that vaguely mention malware infection as a risk of using public wifi. The implication is that if I’m, say, browsing the news over a public wifi connection, my device ...
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How do I deauth a client on 5Ghz?
Setup Details:
Access Point Security: WPA2
PMF: Not enabled on the client
Channel: Non-DMF (Channel 40)
Channel Width: 20 MHz
Network mode: 802.11 B/G/N
MDK4 version: 4.2
Aireplay-ng version: 1.7
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Is it possible to track IMEI through Hotspot [duplicate]
I have an iPhone (without SIM card NOW) which previously had a SIM card and internet connection, but now the SIM card is taken out and on airplane mode.
I also have an Android phone with a SIM card ...
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If a phone is connected to a wifi with hotspot on, does websites used on devices connected to the hotspot of the phone show up in the history on wifi?
I just don't want the wifi owners to see my browsing history, but my laptop doesn't allow VPNs, so will my browsing history transfer through the phone hotspot to the wifi or am I good?
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Secure home network running Linux
I'm using Kubuntu 24.04. In my understanding, antivirus in Linux is not really a thing or needed, so my question is targetted specifically about firewall.
For a home laptop that will run server ...
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Kismet output shows an endless stream of MAC addresses trying(?) to associate with my BSSID - Possible DDoS or perhaps signs of brute-force?
I am noticing some problems with my Wi-Fi lately (disconnects, signal degradation, intermittent lag when browsing in certain devices, etc), so I ended up investigating.
Kismet shows an endless stream ...
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OTP first time connection to wifi hotspot after normal password
Working at an educational institution and the learners are not allowed on the wifi and are getting the wifi password off the educators' laptops or sharing it from the educators' phone (I suspect one ...
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Is it safe to keep the (secure and random) PSK provided with your router?
It is very common (at least where I am) for routers to come with a WiFi-PSK on the bottom of the router.
And I don’t mean something like Wifi-Link-2G, I mean something random and (cryptographically) ...
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Using a mask for Aircrack [duplicate]
I have been using aircrack with an old router of mine I have given it a password from one of my old networks. It has a simple convention; two numbers, a keyword with a capital at the start then two ...
