Obviously you have found this page and hope to be able to do learn how to hack WiFi.
But, it is just as important to understand how to secure WiFi. This website is all about information. You’ll find everything you need here, from WEP WiFi hacks to more advanced WiFi password hacks. But pace yourself. Start here. You need a foundation before anything else.
Wireless network security is as important today as is locking your front door before bed every night. As I will show you below, using poor or no wireless security measures can actually get you into some serious trouble. I don’t mean a slap on the wrist from your Internet Service Provider, either. I’m talking about real, federal-prison-style trouble. You may think I’m lying. You may be wondering, how can having an insecure wireless network get me into trouble? So what if my WiFi security isn’t strong? It’s my access point and I can do whatever I want with it! For an real life example of just how dangerous insecure WiFi networks are, read about the guy who decided to hack his neighbor’s WiFi.
This is the wrong way to think about the problem. Everyone should make an effort to learn, expand on, and properly implement WiFi security in their own homes and businesses. Get your hands dirty. For security administrators and consultants, knowing how to hack WiFi is a basic requirement of the job. But everyone should know how to secure a wireless access point. And, I believe, everyone should also know how to hack WiFi. Why? The more we know, the better able we are to deal with the problem. Believe me, you don’t want to be under police suspicion because someone else did illegal activities on your network. It’s about liability.
Why should you know how to hack WiFi?
You must know your enemy, how he is likely to act, what hacking tools he is likely to use, and how he is likely to use them. You must learn all of this, and more, before you can beat him. If you do, you are in a much better position to prevent wireless attacks.
You are empowered.
If you still think that the idea of getting in legal trouble for insecure WiFi networks is absurd, consider that in many areas, having a swimming pool in your yard means you must also have some of fence enclosing the yard to others from getting into the pool and possibly drowning. Again, it all comes back to liability. (And yes, you can be liable for crimes committed from your networks!)
At the end of the day it’s all about awareness – a truth in all aspects of our lives.
As an information security consultant or wireless security auditor, you need to learn how to hack WiFi in the field as part of a particular engagement. Or, your boss may have tasked you on Friday afternoon to test the company’s Wireless Access Points against an outside intruder. Tools already exist which can automate much of this process, but knowing the nuts and bolts of how something is accomplished is very important, especially when troubleshooting problems, expanding on ideas, and deciding what the best method is in any given situation. So, why learn it all over again? Isn’t it reinventing the wheel?
The answer is, I believe, is no.
Wireless Security auditors, consultants, and administrators have a unique position in the InfoSec industry to be able to combat cyber-crimes such as this. These professionals are on the front lines of defense, and they must know how to hack WiFi and secure it in order to protect against stories like this. Hackers will not stop at a password-protected access point. They have plenty of tools and tricks to break into practically anything they’re put up against. WiFi hackers can just as easily crack a password using a dictionary attack, for instance, and then committed a crime on your network, i.e in your name. As the Internet and the real world continue to merge, network security (and particularly WiFi Security) becomes more vital.
So how would you hack WiFi? With this website you’re more than halfway there. All the lessons on this website are free, easy to follow, detailed articles and many with supporting videos. (I’d recommend looking at both to maximize your understanding of how to hack WiFi). There are some additional things you will need to own or buy. It won’t be expensive.
How to hack WiFi Step by Step
You’ll need two things:
1. Before you can understand how to hack WiFi, the very first thing you’ll want to do is to download Kali Linux, or a version of BackTrack from somewhere if you can find it as Kali Linux replaced BackTrack Linux since 2013, I still have lots of copies lying around on both live CDs and Live USB sticks and I refer to BackTrack in many of my tutorials as they were written a few years ago. However, the commands still work the same on either the latest Kali Linux, or an older version of BackTrack Linux.
What is Linux Kali & BackTack Linux?
You might have heard of Linux and know it is a computer oporating system, but not much else. Linux is indeed a computer oporating system, but is used on far fewer computers than Windows, probabably 95% of the home and office computers around the world run on Microsoft Windows (the most recent being Windows 10 & 11). However many servers (the computers which are the backbone of the internet) use a Linux based oporating system. Linux is generally less user friendly and requires more techincal knowledge, such as the use of command-line interface.
One of the main differences of Kali Linux or BackTrack Linux is that you run it from a live CD or live USB, essentially you can have an entire operating system loaded onto a CD or USB stick that you plug into ANY Desktop or Laptop computer without installing it. Noramally when you press the power button on your computer running Windows 10 or 11 it will load the Windows operating system, everything you do will be recorded and logged somewhere on the hard drive. When you fire up Kali Linux or BackTrack Link from a live CD or live USB nothing is saved, stored, logged, or recorded; it’s the perfect hacking tool!
Both are special penetration testing operating systems. Yes, an entire OS loaded with a dizzying array of hacking tools. Either Kali or Back Track will do. As Kali Linux is actually the successor to BackTrack, so you should be able to follow along with the video hacking tutorials and articles with either version. (I will be using a mix of Back Track and Kali for my video tutorials.)
2. You will also need a wireless adapter capable of packet injection. Packet injection involves intercepting and inserting TCP packets in such a way as to trick other, consenting nodes on the network (laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and wireless access points, for instance) into thinking the injected packets are legitimate. In reality, we want these injected packets to go unnoticed altogether.
One of the best wireless adapter cards that support packet injecting (and will work in Back Track and Kali) is the Alfa USB wireless network adapter. This thing rocks and can easily sniff WiFi networks out of the air from a range of several hundred meters. If you place it someplace outside within 100 meters, it is sure to pick up your target access point. So, in addition to Back Track or Kali, you will definitely need an Alfa card like the one below.
Once again, you WILL need one of these adapters to follow my how to hack WiFi lessons. If your existing wireless adapter can’t enter packet injection mode, none of what I teach here will work.
With that said, I invite you to look around here. You’ll find a huge assortment of hacking tutorials and articles. Think of these as your Entry Level 101 classes. From here, you’ll understand how to hack WiFi using a variety of methods and technologies. If you’re new to all of this, I’d definitely recommend checking out all the general stuff first before diving into the harder stuff. And yes, there are plenty of more advanced methods to hack WiFi. Wireless security consultants and security administrators (and anyone who does know a thing or two about WiFi hacks) can skip ahead to the more advanced tricks. No matter what kind of wireless security you’re up against, you’ve stumbled on the mother lode.
This will teach you how to hack WiFi. Dive in.