WI-FI HACKING AND SECURITY

The wireless network has become an important part of our daily life. Wireless networks have replaced wired network to a great extent. But with the advancement of technology, many cyber-attacks have occurred. This paper is all about wireless networks (Wi-Fi), its uses, different modes of Wi-Fi, different types of Wi-Fi encryption (WEP, WPA/WPA2) and procedure to crack WEP and WPA/WPA2. We’ll also come across some common attacks which a hacker performs after connecting to a network. Further, we will discuss the methods that can help us to protect our wireless home networks and a new method of using encrypted tunnel is also proposed in this paper.