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Sequence diagram for a Wi‑Fi deauthentication attack. Unlike most radio jammers, deauthentication acts in a unique way.The IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) protocol contains the provision for a deauthentication frame.
In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [1] protecting a computer system.A common approach (brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [2]
Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs.It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic.
If router security is not activated or if the owner deactivates it for convenience, it creates a free hotspot. Since most 21st-century laptop PCs have wireless networking built in (see Intel "Centrino" technology), they do not need a third-party adapter such as a PCMCIA Card or USB dongle. Built-in wireless networking might be enabled by ...
Phone hacking often involves unauthorized access to the voicemail of a mobile phone. The unauthorized remote access to voicemail systems, such as exposed by the News International phone hacking scandal, is possible because of weaknesses in the implementations of these systems by telephone companies.
Margherita Hack Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian: [marɡeˈriːta ˈak]; 12 June 1922 – 29 June 2013) was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack , discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.