Hacking wireless access points : cracking, tracking, and signal jacking / Jennifer Ann Kurtz, Information Assurance Affiliate Faculty at Regis University ; Richard Kaczmarek, technical editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurtz, Jennifer Ann, author.

Contributor:

Kaczmarek, Richard, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wireless LANs--Security measures.

Wireless LANs.

Hacking.

Computer security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Syngress, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Hacking Wireless Access Points: Cracking, Tracking, and Signal Jacking provides readers with a deeper understanding of the hacking threats that exist with mobile phones, laptops, routers, and navigation systems. In addition, applications for Bluetooth and near field communication (NFC) technology continue to multiply, with athletic shoes, heart rate monitors, fitness sensors, cameras, printers, headsets, fitness trackers, household appliances, and the number and types of wireless devices all continuing to increase dramatically. The book demonstrates a variety of ways that these vulnerabilities can be—and have been—exploited, and how the unfortunate consequences of such exploitations can be mitigated through the responsible use of technology. Explains how the wireless access points in common, everyday devices can expose us to hacks and threats Teaches how wireless access points can be hacked, also providing the techniques necessary to protect and defend data Presents concrete examples and real-world guidance on how to protect against wireless access point attacks

Contents:

chapter 1. Wireless technology overview

chapter 2. Wireless adoption

chapter 3. Blurred edges : fixed and mobile wireless access points

chapter 4. Hacks against individuals

chapter 5. WAPs in commercial and industrial contexts

chapter 6. WAPs in medical environments

chapter 7. Hacking wireless access points : governmental context

chapter 8. Noncivilian government context

chapter 9. Summary and call to action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

967226322