Marco Alamanni - Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Essentials: Plan and execute penetration tests on wireless networks with the Kali Linux distribution

Marco Alamanni has professional experience working as a Linux system administrator and information security administrator/analyst in banks and financial institutions.

He holds a BSc in computer science and an MSc in information security. His interests in information technology include, among other things, ethical hacking, digital forensics, malware analysis, Linux, and programming. He also collaborates with IT magazines to write articles about Linux and IT security.

I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me the precious opportunity to write my first complete book and the people who have worked with me on this project, especially Riddhi Tuljapurkar and Usha Iyer, for their valuable cooperation and support.

Special thanks go to my beloved family, my wife, and my two sons, to whom this book is dedicated.

Abhishek Dashora is a security researcher, penetration tester, and certified ethical hacker from India, who is currently associated with KPMG, India. He is actively involved in responsible disclosure programs and bug bounties and has received a number of hall of fames from several organizations. He is EC Council's certified ethical hacker and a CISCO certified network associate.

His hobbies include, but are not limited to, playing table tennis and cricket. He spends most of his time on the Internet.

I would like to thank Jimmy for her motivation and continuous support and my mother, Aruna Dashora, for letting me do what I wanted to.

Panos Georgiadis is working for SUSE Linux as a QA engineer for maintenance. He has studied automation engineering at Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, and he's also a Cisco associate. In the past, he has had several projects running, working on hardware reviews, technical articles, and pretty much everything that has caught his attention. He has more than 10 years of experience working with Linux while crafting skills such as C/C++, Python, and Bash. Last but not least, he's also the reviewer of Cuda 5 Cookbook .

I would like to dedicate this book to my father.

Vijay Kumar works as a security consultant. He has completed his master's in science in advance computing from University of Bristol, UK, and his bachelor's in information technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He has over 3 years of industry experience and 11 months of research experience. His areas of interest and experience include network security, penetration testing, network/Linux/Unix administration, designing a secure infrastructure, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, cryptography, wireless security, and forensics.

Sina Manavi is a security enthusiast interested in penetration testing and digital forensics investigation. He has a master's degree in computer science in the field of digital forensics investigation, and is also a certificate holder of CEH and CHFI. He has conducted many security talks and practical workshops and training on web/network/mobile penetration testing in Malaysia. His main interest is in mobile app penetration testing. He started his IT career as a software and database developer, and later on, joined the software and database designing field. Currently, he works as a professional trainer and information security consultant for Kaapagam Technologies Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia.

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Preface

Since their introduction to the market less than 20 years ago, wireless networks have grown exponentially and become ubiquitous, not only in the enterprises but everywhere elseall kinds of public places (coffee shops, restaurants, shopping malls, stations, and airports), open-air free Wi-Fi zones, and private homes.