Wi-Fi password hack: How to hack into WPA Wi-Fi and WPA2 | Free Cyber Work Applied series





In this episode of Cyber Work Applied, Infosec Skills author Mike Meyers demos a Wi-Fi WPA key hack. He uses Aircrack-ng and Airodump-ng to access 802.11 WPA and WPA2 connections. 

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0:00 - WPA and WPA2 security
0:25 - Problem with WPA and WPA2 
1:36 - Humans use weak passwords
2:16 - What is a dictionary file?
3:08 - Setting up the Wi-Fi hacking demo
4:27 - Using airodump to grab WPA connection data
6:30 - Cracking passwords with aircrack
7:32 - Weak keys are vulnerable to attack

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