In this episode of Cyber Work Applied, Infosec Skills author Mike Meyers demos a WiFi WPA key hack. He uses Aircrackng and Airodumpng to access 802.11 WPA and WPA2 connections.

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0:00 WPA and WPA2 security
0:25 Problem with WPA and WPA2
1:36 Humans use weak passwords
2:16 What is a dictionary file?
3:08 Setting up the WiFi hacking demo
4:27 Using airodump to grab WPA connection data
6:30 Cracking passwords with aircrack
7:32 Weak keys are vulnerable to attack

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