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A one-month, lab-driven curriculum teaching wireless security and Wi-Fi penetration testing from 802.11 fundamentals to enterprise EAP/RADIUS assessment, delivered as an Obsidian knowledge base with 14 progressive modules.

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Why it is worth attention

It offers a structured, hands-on path that pairs every attack with its detection and mitigation, covers modern WPA3 and enterprise Wi-Fi attacks, and maps directly to certifications like OSWP and CWSP.

Who it is for

  • Ethical hackers and penetration testers
  • Red-team operators and wireless security analysts
  • Students preparing for wireless security certifications (OSWP, CWSP, CEH)
  • Defenders seeking to understand and harden wireless networks

Use cases

  • Self-paced study of wireless penetration testing techniques
  • Hands-on lab practice for certification exam preparation
  • Building a repeatable wireless assessment methodology for professional engagements
  • Training blue teams on wireless attack detection and remediation

Strengths

  • Comprehensive 14-module progression from basics to advanced enterprise attacks
  • All techniques paired with detection and mitigation strategies for defensive transfer
  • Uses only free, open-source tools (aircrack-ng, hashcat, hostapd, Kismet) on Kali Linux
  • Directly aligns with major wireless security certifications (OSWP, CWSP, CEH, Security+)

Considerations

  • Requires dedicated injection-capable Wi-Fi adapters (Atheros AR9271 or Ralink RT3070) which are not common in standard laptops
  • Some timing-sensitive attacks (e.g., Chop-Chop, fragmentation) are less reliable in virtualized environments and may need bare-metal Kali
  • Legal and ethical restrictions limit practice to isolated, owned lab hardware only; unauthorized testing is illegal

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Wireless Security & WiFi Penetration Testing

A one-month, lab-driven curriculum that takes a learner from wireless fundamentals to enterprise Wi-Fi penetration testing — 802.11 standards and encryption, monitor-mode capture, reconnaissance and traffic analysis, WEP/WPA/WPA2 cracking, WPA3 and TKIP attacks, rogue access points and wireless MITM, and enterprise (EAP/RADIUS) assessment with professional reporting.

Curriculum home: Vault Catalog


Course Information

PropertyValue
Course TitleWireless Security & WiFi Penetration Testing
FolderWireless-Security-and-WiFi-Penetration-Testing/
TagWireless Security
Slugwifi-pentest
LevelAdvanced
Duration1 Month (4 Weeks · ~30 Hours)
FocusWireless Penetration Testing
Reference PlatformKali Linux · injection-capable adapters (Atheros AR9271 · Ralink RT3070)
Modules14
DeliverySelf-paced notes + hands-on labs
LanguageEnglish

[!NOTE] What this course is A study-and-practice track built as an Obsidian knowledge base. Each module is a folder with its own Readme hub and a set of single-topic notes containing tagged, copy-ready command snippets. It is designed to be read in order but is fully cross-linked for reference use.


Course Description

Master wireless security testing and Wi-Fi penetration testing end to end: 802.11 standards and frame types, encryption and authentication (WEP, WPA/TKIP, WPA2/CCMP, WPA3), adapter setup for monitor mode and packet injection, reconnaissance and traffic analysis, security-control bypass, denial-of-service, WEP cracking, Chop-Chop and packet-replay attacks, the Caffe Latte client-side attack, WPA/WPA2 handshake and PMKID cracking, Cowpatty and precomputed-table attacks, advanced WPA-TKIP and WPA3 (KRACK/Dragonblood) attacks, rogue access points and wireless MITM — then apply those skills to enterprise WPA (EAP/RADIUS) assessment, wireless hardening, and penetration-test reporting.

The program is delivered through reproducible, hands-on labs against equipment you own and control, so every technique is paired with a working capture, attack, or configuration you can build, break, and defend.

[!WARNING] Authorized testing only Every technique here is documented for education, detection, and d

Description

Open, hands-on study notes on wireless security & Wi-Fi penetration testing (802.11, WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA3, aircrack-ng). CC BY 4.0.

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