Applied Network Security

Wi-Fi vulnerabilities

Protecting wireless networks can be very challenging at times. There are many vulnerabilities that a hacker can exploit to compromise a wireless network. One of the basic Wi-Fi vulnerabilities is broadcasting the Service Set Identifier (SSID) of your wireless network. Broadcasting the SSID makes the wireless network easier to find and target.

Another vulnerability in Wi-Fi networks is using Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for network authentication. A hacker can easily spoof or mimic a trusted MAC address to gain access to the network. Using weak encryption such as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) will make your network an easy target for attack. There are many hacking tools available to crack any WEP key in under ...