Wireless Threat , Top of Threat

Sometimes these devices are not Wi-Fi. While some are melicious most are accidental DoS attacks by other devices on the same spectrum. I’ve had a few ask what the top wireless threats are in today’s 802.11 standard.

Network Profiling and Reconnaissance

* Honeypot AP
* Netstumbler
* Kismet
* Wellenreiter

Authentication and Encryption Cracking

* Dictionary Attack
* AirSnarf
* Hotspotter
* WEPCrack
* ASLEAP
* EAP-based attacks
* CoWPatty
* Chop-Chop
* Aircrack
* Airsnort
* PSPF Violation
* WEP Attack
* Illegal Frame Types
* Excessive Association Retries
* Excessive Authentication Retries
* LEAP Cracker


Man-in-the-Middle

* MAC/IP Spoofing
* FAKE AP
* Evil Twin AP
* ARP Request Replay Attack
* FAKE DHCP Server