Wireless Network sniffing tools
In a whole lot of kali Linux tools that are available, this stands among the
most popular tools because of the huge expansion of wireless networks in
the everyday world. From Bluetooth devices to wireless echo devices there
are a lot of wireless devices that can be easily sniffed if they are connected
to an unsecured wireless network.
What is sniffing?
Sniffing, in general, is a term that is defined for peeking into other stuff. In
technical terms, sniffing means to look at network packets that are coming
from other devices using tools like wire shark and air crack-ng. We will
discuss both of these two tools
in detail in this section
a) Wireshark
Wireshark is a network sniffing tool that
tracks every packet that the
network is dealing with. After starting the sniffer tool you need to wait at
least 24 hours so that the sniffer catches a sufficient number of packets for
analysis. During analysis, one can easily find all the sensitive information
like passwords and credit card numbers. There is also a chance of using
sniffing tools to hack unencrypted files and emails that are being sent. This
is the reason why hackers should use encrypted
mail services and virtual
private networks for better security.
b) aircrack ng
Aircrack ng is another network sniffer tool that is extensively used to crack
WiFi passwords. Usually, wpa2 WiFi routers
are considered as the most
secure network routers, unlike WPS routers
which leave a bug to easily
hack their passwords. This aircrack ng uses this vulnerability to boot scan
the dictionary attacks and connect to the wireless network. Aircrack is one
of the most popular wireless network programs that are available in the
market right now.
By this, we have completed a detailed tour of some of the most important
kali Linux tools with an overview of practical applications that can be done
using these tools. We hope that with this chapter you have gained a lot of
meaningful information.
This is the end of the book and I end this book with a clear explanation of
what a hacker should try to be. A hacker learns skills and applies them with
utmost hard work to crack into systems. Cracking doesn't mean to be
exploiting and using them for their mischief purposes.
Cracking means
checking whether the walls are built strong or not. That's it that is what a
hacker needs to remember all the time. All the best to our adventures of
hacking!
Conclusion
Thank you for making it through to
the end of Hacking with Linux, let’s
hope it was informative and able to provide you with all of the tools you
need to achieve your goals whatever they may be.
The next step is to use these concepts in real-world and exploit
environments or protect them with goodwill. All the best!
Finally, if you found this book useful in any way, a review on Amazon is
always appreciated!
