![]() ![]() Included in Kali Linux, this hacking program is a standalone suite that features 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK key cracker functionality with the capability to recover keys from captured data packets. The most popular tool used for this today is Aircrack-ng. The main goal of these attacks to crack the password, normally by using default passwords and with dictionary cracks. The password issue mentioned above has spurred an increase in wireless attacks. For those using wireless routers (most are by this point), passwords can still be changed once data packets are captured by attackers. Don’t relax just yet, though - simply changing your default password is not enough to ward of router password attacks. Is that the sound of you changing it right now? I thought so. Not changing your router’s password may be the biggest weak point on your organization’s router. The statistics say that the number of those who neglect the password change is 30% and 46% respectively, which is shocking (especially for the information security professional). Any enterprise router worth its salt uses a password, and unfortunately, many information security professionals and remote workers never change their default router password. Routers have a major weakness and there is probably no technological measure that can remedy it - human error.
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