How dangerous can a handshake be?

A few weeks ago I took a mobile security class at university which also included a portion about wifi-security. Along those studies, I stumbled upon the process of performing a dictionary attack against the current consumer-grade, “standard”, WPA2. I knew tools like aircrack existed, however, I never knew how these tools worked under the hood. Therefore, it was clear that I want to build something similar with my newly acquired knowledge and took it upon myself to start working on this after my exam was over. ...

14 September 2022 · 3 min · Samir