Backtrack - Testing Wireless Network Security
Book Description
Wireless networks are everywhere. You have probably set one
up yourself, but have you ever wondered just how safe you are while
browsing online? In the majority of cases, the default settings for your
networks are not enough to protect you. With your data being
transferred over the air, it can be easily plucked and used by anyone
who knows how. Don't let it happen to you.
BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security will help you secure
your wireless networks and keep your personal data safe. With this book,
you will learn how to configure your hardware for optimum security,
find network security holes, and fix them.
BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security looks at what tools
hackers use and shows you how to defend yourself against them. Taking
you from no prior knowledge all the way to a fully secure environment,
this guide provides useful tips every step of the way. Learn how to
select a wireless card to work with the Backtrack tools, run spectrum
analysis scans using kismet, set up test networks, and perform attacks
against wireless networks. Use the tools aircrack-ng and airodump-ng to
crack the wireless encryption used on the network.
You will learn everything you need to know to set up your wireless
network for use within Backtrack and also how to defend yourself against
the included attack tools.
Table of Contents
1: Installing and Configuring BackTrack
2: Working with the Wireless Card
3: Surveying Your Wireless Zone
4: Breaching Wireless Security
5: Securing Your Wireless Network
What You Will Learn
- Update and configure the Backtrack tool
- Analyze your wireless card for compatibility
- Scavenge access points, even ones with a cloaked SSID
- Pilfer information from the wireless spectrum and analyze it
- Scrutinize the Radio Frequency data and identify wireless network traffic
- Dissect wireless protocols at the packet level
- Classify attacks against wireless networks
- Deploy defenses against common attacks
Authors
Kevin Cardwell
Kevin Cardwell is currently working as a freelance consultant
and provides consulting services for companies throughout the world, and
he also works as an advisor to numerous government entities within the
USA, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and the UK. He is an instructor,
technical editor, and author for computer forensics and hacking courses.
He is the author of the Center for Advanced Security and Training
(CAST), Advanced Network Defense, and Advanced Penetration Testing
courses. He is technical editor of the Learning Tree Course Penetration
Testing Techniques and Computer Forensics courses. He has presented at
the Black Hat USA, Hacker Halted, ISSA, and TakeDownCon conferences as
well as many others. He has chaired the Cybercrime and Cyber Defense
Summit in Oman and was the executive chairman of the Oil and Gas Cyber
Defense Summit. He is the author of Building Virtual Pen testing Labs
for Advanced Penetration Testing, 1st Edition, Advanced Penetration
Testing for Highly Secured Environments, Second Edition, and Backtrack:
Testing Wireless Network Security. He holds a bachelor of science degree
in computer science from National University in California and a
master’s degree in software engineering from the Southern Methodist
University (SMU) in Texas. He developed the strategy and training
development plan for the first Government CERT in the country of Oman
that recently was rated as the top CERT for the Middle East. He serves
as a professional training consultant to the Oman Information Technology
Authority, and he developed the team to man the first Commercial
Security Operations Center in the country of Oman. He has worked
extensively with banks and financial institutions throughout the Middle
East, Europe, and the UK in the planning of a robust and secure
architecture and implementing requirements to meet compliance. He
currently provides consultancy to Commercial companies, governments,
federal agencies, major banks, and financial institutions throughout the
globe. Some of his recent consulting projects include the Muscat
Securities Market (MSM), Petroleum Development Oman, and the Central
Bank of Oman. He designed and implemented the custom security baseline
for the existing Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC) airports and the
two new airports opening in 2016 as well as for the Oman Telephone
Company. He created custom security baselines for all of the Microsoft
Operating Systems, Cisco devices, as well as applications.
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