In this episode I talk about some wireless security basics that we’re not seeing when out on assessments.

Download: 7MS #18: Wireless Security 101 (audio)

Show notes:

• WEP encryption is very, very bad.  It’s easy to crack.  Don’t use it.
• Wifite will demonstrate how easy it is to crack WEP.
• Stronger encryption such as WPA/WPA2 are recommended, but do not give an excuse for using weak passwords!
• On a personal note, I’m starting the OSCP soon :-).  Two great first-hand accounts of the OSCP experience (both well worth your time) are here:http://buffered.io/posts/oscp-and-me/ and http://blog.g0tmi1k.com/2011/07/pentesting-with-backtrack-pwb/