Getting a WPA or WPA2 handshake is great but what do you do once you have finally gotten one? Well it needs to be cracked. Unlike WEP, WPA/WPA2 is hard to crack and is usually done with Brute Force. There are other ways such as Rainbow Tables and the video card attack, but the simplest or easiest way… Read More »
Disclaimer: All information on this site is for testing and educational purposes only; for use by network security administrators or testing the security of your own wireless connection. Using the Netgear WG111 V2 to capture WPA/WPA2 with Backtrack 5. Using the Alfa AWUS036H USB adapter to capture WPA/WPA2 with Backtrack 5.… Read More »
Backtrack 5 requires a USB wireless adapter to do wireless penetration testing. A built in adapter will not work. For Backtrack compatible USB wireless adapters Click Here to see Backtrack Compatible USB Adapters Backtrack 5 installation is fairly straight forward. There is two main ways Backtrack can be installed VMware ISO The first way to install Backtrack… Read More »