Wardriving & Wireless Penetration Testing

Description

Learn the Methods Used by Professionals to Perform WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing

In this book, five recognized experts in the wireless security field have put together a guide to help you learn how to analyze wireless networks through wardriving and penetration testing. Each having contributed material that matches their strengths with various operating systems and techniques used to analyze wireless networks, resulting in a powerful guide to assessing wireless networks while leveraging these free tools with low-cost supporting hardware.

The exploration of wireless networks is more than a hobby for these authors, it's a passion. After reading this book and getting a taste for wardriving, I think you'll feel the same way. I thank these experts of industry for their hard work in producing this book, and contributing to improving the state of wireless security.—from the foreword by Joshua Wright, Senior Security Researcher, Aruba Networks

In This Book You Will Find:

• Introduction to WarDriving and Penetration Testing • Understanding Antenna Theory • WarDriving with Handheld Devices and Direction Finding • Performing Penetration Testing on Wireless Networks Using Windows • Performing Penetration Testing on Wireless Networks Using Linux • Performing Penetration Testing on Wireless Networks using OS X • Performing Penetration Testing on Wireless Networks Using a Bootable CD Distribution • Mapping WarDrives • Using Man-in-the-Middle Attacks to Your Advantage • Using Custom Firmware • Identifying Cameras and Video Resources with the IC-R3 About the Authors

Chris Hurley is the founder of the WorldWide WarDrive. He is a Senior Penetration Tester working in the Washington, DC area and has performed hundreds of penetration tests. He is author of WarDriving: Drive, Detect, Defend and is a regular speaker on wireless security at the Black Hat security conference.

Frank Thornton is the President and CEO of Blackthorn Systems. He is widely recognized as one of the premiere experts in wireless networking and wireless security and is author of RFID Security. He regularly speaks at professional conferences on these topics.

Russ Rogers is the President and CEO of Security Horizon, Inc. He is the author of the popular Hacking a Terror Network and Editor-in-Chief of The Security Journal. Daniel Connelly is a Penetration Tester working for a federal agency in the Washington, DC area. He has performed hundreds of wireless penetration tests and specializes in man-in-the-middle attacks.

Brian Baker is a Penetration Tester working in the Washington, DC area. He has performed extensive research into utilizing custom firmware on access points as part of his penetration tests.