Publication Details
Automated Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against Wi-Fi Networks
Pluskal Jan, Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Ryšavý Ondřej, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DIFS)
Man-in-the-Middle attack, accessing secured wireless networks, password crack- ing, dictionary personalization, tampering network topology, impersonation, phishing
Currently used wireless communication technologies suffer security weaknesses that can be exploited allowing to eavesdrop or to spoof network communication. In this paper, we present a practical tool that can automate the attack on wireless security. The developed package called wifimitm provides functionality for the automation of MitM attacks in the wireless environment. The package combines several existing tools and attack strategies to bypass the wireless security mechanisms, such as WEP, WPA, and WPS. The presented tool can be integrated into a solution for automated penetration testing. Also, a popularization of the fact that such attacks can be easily automated should raise public awareness about the state of wireless security.
@article{BUT155048,
author="Martin {Vondráček} and Jan {Pluskal} and Ondřej {Ryšavý}",
title="Automated Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against Wi-Fi Networks",
journal="The Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law",
year="2018",
volume="2018",
number="13",
pages="59--80",
doi="10.15394/jdfsl.2018.1495",
issn="1558-7215",
url="https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol13/iss1/9/"
}