Description: Welcome to the Wireless LAN Security Megaprimer! In this video series, we will understand the basics of wireless LAN, security problems, how to exploit them and best practices for securing wireless installations.
In Part 1, we will understand the scope of this video series, the equipment we will use, software requirements and setting up a basic lab for our experiments.
Please do leave your comments behind!
Tags: wireless , WLAN , security , hacking , megaprimer , part 1 ,
Awesome, another GREAT video series!! Keep 'em coming Vivek, I can't wait to watch the whole series.
Hey Vivek,
Thanx for these informative video's. I was just wondering if you can share some video's on mobile application testing.
Thanx in advance.
Really nice start! Glad to see you took the time to include some information about what card to pick up for use in the series - that should help mitigate some of the more irritatingly common questions that pop up about wireless hacking. Looking forward to watching the rest of the series.
New laptop = awsome quality. And also awsome video.
I'm becoming a fan of your videos. Well done. Looking forward to more. Let's face it....a well done video makes learning easier.
Some of the audio in the past ones were a bit difficult but you seem to have that cleared up.
@tru Thanks!
@Indiana Thanks! I will, but that will probably be a separate video series. This one is only on Wi-Fi.
@numeric Thanks! That's the reason why I dedicated some time on the card. In Wi-Fi security and hacking, this is the most overlooked discussion which can become a really pain, when some things suddenly fail to work in the field.
@netinfinity yes, my friend :) Mac rocks :)
@WCNA Thanks :) Yes, finally replaced my old Dell for a shiny new MAC with better inbuilt microphone :)
Perfect Sir.....I have watched & download all of your video.....Thanx a lot....keep it continue.....
I've heard lots of great things about this site and have finally found the time to sit down and start watching some videos. I've seen this one tweeted a few times, so I thought I'd start with this one. Great start to what looks to be a promising series! Now I'm off to watch part 2...
Great Video..very interesting.
Awesome Explanation... looking forward to more of these Thanks..
I only signed up here for saying : you are great man and so thank you
i love your tutorials ,all of them was so helpful for me
thank you thank you thank you
@Vishal, Mr. Wipeout Thanks!
@lorddicranius I am happy you enjoyed the very first video you saw in ST :)
@behrouz Thanks so much my friend. Appreciate your kind words.
@Saisudha Nice to see your here :) Have not met you guys since a long time.
Always a total pleasure to watch - and full of really useful tips. Thanks Vivek, you rock :-)
Hi Vivek,
You r awesome. Thanks you!
-best regard
Thanks for this excellent Video series, looking forward to it.
Out of interest, why did you switch to a MAC and not a new laptop with Linux?
@Blackmarketeer, Mutex Many thanks guys!
@kman I spend around 12+ hours in front of the computer and I just love the MAC's screen depth and other visual treats :) which keeps me hooked more.
Nice video ..
Can you please complete your format string vulnerabilities and Previous video series!! We really need them!!
Hey Vivek,
YOU ARE THE BEST !
Very GREAT VIDEOS >> KEEP GOING PLEASE !
Wow another great video series. I'm sorry about the people stealing your work.
Vivek!!!!!!!
As always, excelent job, you are such an incredible teacher man... not everyone have the gift of transmiting knowledge and you have that 100%. I'm a college professor and you had helped me tremendously with all your videos.
One quiestion... do you have plans for more scenario base hacking videos??? I hope you can finish to discuss some of the things you explained on the introduction video.
Ahh... and looking foward to buying your books!!!!!
Jose
I've had an Alfa card on my wishlist for awhile and ordered it after watching the first two videos in this series. Got it in the mail today and started re-watching the videos. I had issues with getting my Alfa card to work on BT4R2 using VMware Player. Doing a quick Google search, I found that I'm not the only one experiencing it. I've had a friend recommend Virtualbox also, so I gave that a try...and success! Now I just need to transfer all my VM's over to Virtualbox :)
Thanks again for the great vids, Vivek!
@lionaneesh Thanks! Yes, I will :) Need more time.
@ksa.hacker, Fady_Mohammed_Osman Thanks Guys!
@esojzuir Thanks my friend :) The scenario based videos will be picked up again very soon, after I teach wireless and exploit research in its entirety. Stay Tuned! :)
@lorddicranius Awesome! Yes, even I find Virtualbox to be a gazillion times better than Vmware and BT somehow runs much faster even with lesser RAM on Virtualbox, not to mention the "no issues, works out of box" with the Alfa :) I am not sure why VMware causes an issue, it should just treat the card as a regular USB.
Thanks Vivek... Thank you very much for Awesome video, great learning for IT professionals like me.
great job keep it up!
Nice video, as usual very informative and educational. I've learned quite a lot with your videos, keep it up.
@Vivek Will we be getting more videos on Exploit Research Megaprimer?
Looks like this is going to be a good series.
Great work sir..... thanks you for this wonderful new series
great job!! keep em coming, u teach really good, thanks alot!
Thanks for this wonderful series Vivek! I had to join just to leave you some positive feedback. I've done much of this before, but I've picked up a few tricks from you here and there.
Thanks for this wonderful series Vivek! I had to join just to leave you some positive feedback. I've done much of this before, but I've picked up a few tricks from you here and there.
Dude, i love you. You have no idea how hard it is to find quality videos like yours, especially something so comprehensive and lengthy. It is like crack for nerds.
Keep up the good work, i will watch a LOT of your other videos too.
hey vivek, i have a question... y dont u put videos for download on this site so that people can download and learn.. please see to this...
regards
@codezer0 you can download the videos from Vimeo!
else i'm creating torrents (as of now there are only 2, but more will be coming soon) you can see them here http://www.demonoid.me/files/?uid=6329722&seeded=2
Wow!! First vid a watch and all I can say what an amazing presentation that was. It was sweet, simple and straightforward. Keep them coming.
Great video tops marks for presentation very informative cant wait to get stuck in to the series
Hi vivek,
first of all am a big fan =) made my transition from a telco engineer to a pen tester much easier.. your videos are concise and perfect
was just wondering..the external cards what do we look for when purchasing them such as: alpha network AWUS036H
AWUS036H
Thank You Mr. Vivek for this great video.
A general question to all,
Has any one had any luck in buying the alfa card in India, not through amazon or ebay like from a direct distributer.
Sorry I am new to this.
Kindly Reply,
Thanks
Hello Vivek,
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your megaprimer series. This is the second one I have checked out and its just as good (or better) than the Metasploit one. It is difficult to find quality videos on the material that you cover that goes into such detail.
This video makes WLAN security make sense, and not just how to throw tools at a problem.
Hi Vivek:
I am a non IT person, but has always been interested in learning about networking. Your video is very clear and I was able to follow each instruction. Thank you for sharing your knowledge so freely.
Raj
Vivek, you've done an awesome job! Outstanding!
By the way:
Is someone else having trouble to get the alpha card working on win7 x64?
awesome video series sir. am a BCA student and am very much interested in internet security and ethical hacking. i have seen lots of videos in different websites, those videos are nothing when compared to your videos.
YOU ARE REALLY AMAZING.
now am a fan of yours.
Vivek-ROCKZZZZZ:-)
VIVEK CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME TO jochy220@gmail.com, i would like to talk and ask questions and i dont know any other way to contact you please...thank you
hie vivek am interested in ethical hacking pls post your videos of ethical hacking
thanx
I'm looking forward to finishing this series. Thanks!
You are the man!
Great series and I look forward to completing all segments. I just wish there was an easy way to download the videos for playback offline. I spend a lot of time on airplanes and I would love to be able to watch these while on my flights.
Ahhh, a new series is online. hope i can spend my time on it while writing my thesis ^^ Im not sure what is more important to my ;)
I can only agree with Hanzoshinobi: YOU ARE THE MAN!
Thanks vivek. This looks like the start of another great series. I just got my awus036h today, so I'm really excited to spend the weekend watching this whole series.
Hello vivek. i'm starting watching your video. all of this is really2 awesome. we can learn more deeply about wifi security with that we'll know how the system work.
thanks for making this awesome video. i slowly train my self to understand everything in your video.
wants Help!
I am frm India, Maharashtra. When I was ordering Alpha USB card, then Amazon displayed me msg-
"Alfa 500mW AWUS036H USB Wireless Adapter 802.11 b/g Network Radio Card. Includes 2dBi Omni Antenna cannot be shipped to the selected address."
How can I get it in other ways? No idea, where I cn get it. So help me!!
Is it available @ Indian shops?
Anybody else notice that the length of this vid is 13:37? *coughleetcough* :P
hi vivek u rocked..an article about u..felt proud of u..friends c this..http://www.amarjit.info/2011/04/real-hackers-of-india-indian-hackers.html
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
hey vivek ur making our country proud..ur the champion of our country,,i'm ur die hard fan..thank to god for knowing about u and ur site..its a boon to all...
Vivek all the best of luck, as You do a very great job :-)
Hope to see more and hear more from You.
I am just a old 1982 C64/Amiga guy, that today are educated as IT System Admin, but the old days with a 2400 modem to connect to my BBS I still remember :-)
Keep up the good work and just ask if I can help.
Very well done!!!
Infinite thanks for all the knowledge you giving through the video series!
starting today this Wireless Megaprimer... thank you for share your knowledge with us...
Best regards from México!
Thanks for your hard work, these videos are great!
Did you think the Megaprimer series was over? :) Far from it my friends.
Next video which is also part of the SWSE Certification: http://www.securitytube.net/video/2267
Enjoy!
hello sir
i am having a problem in this series
Sir i have Intel 4965AGN wifi card but in backtrck
when i run ifconfig or iwconfig or ifconfig-a commands
it shows no wifi interfaces
what can be the problem sir?
please mail me at cyberdash@live.in
please sir help me
Can I use my inbuilt wifi to do this??
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!!
Thanks to you, Backtrack 5 recognized my Wifisky USB Radar.
I have an inbuilt wifi card how can i see this interface in my vm loaded with backtrack. As I do not have an external wifi usb device
grat vivek awesome videos could you make it in spanish so i could understand more things :D or anyone have subtitles in spanish? that would be just the coolest thing ever :P
When mounting the ISO of WLAN Security Megaprimer I'm able to open the main directory ( the Start.htm) but when I click on a video link it turns into an error. How to solve this? please.
@naviteryus yeah it has some issues, just directly goto videos folder and play the videos one by one...
Interesting as always, good video!
At last clear examples on how to do things.
If your new to this or just want some great education. Then this is the site for you. Thanks Vivek, you now have a member for life. Again thanks for all your hard work and great information.....
great tutorial:) you always saves most of my time by giving a video tutorial which always provides me a base before i start a new topic:D
Hi Vivek im new to Backtrack but I have a fair experience on Ubuntu. Can I use my laptop's wireless card instead of an external one? If so I added the card in the network adapters tab in Virtual Box but when i give the iwconfig i dont see it. Shouldn't the drivers be already installed for the card (Atheros AR5B93)
Thanks
Thought you guys might enjoy this picture I found while doing some googling lol
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Not sure how to go about this so I'm actually going to wait for viveks approval. I have spent all day encoding the videos and placing them nicely onto about 4 Dual layer DVD's with absolutely awesome quality including a nice SWSE background I have created and a nice Black and grey look to kind of spice it up
: ) I wouldn't mind making them for everyone should they want but it is very time consuming for me being one person and does cost me $ which i dont really have.I might have to send them to Vivek and perhaps he could take donations for his site if someone would like to have the set. They take up the full screen of the TV which for me made a difference of night and day while viewing the videos & I can sit back on my couch and scroll through the videos and fast forward and rewind as well. I love it! My life is 100x easier now.I posted some pics under neath the post so you guys can see how it came out.Any feed back is appreciated. Were a small community and I just wanted to help everyone out. hope someone finds my work and time usefull and maybe you can study in comfort now as I will : ) here are the links to the Images.
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Vivek, ur videos are awesome, u explain every single bit and pieces.. i hope u never get bored and it is sad to hear ppl steal ur work..
but i like ur courage for continuity and helping understand things better, where our teacher fail to do so :)
Sir , actually i want to work with Cantenna for ur wifi hacking course..
so i want ur help in that..
where should i purchase that ,,and which one,,,
pls .. help me with this..
Hi Vivek Sir,I am 15year teenager and your great fan.Recently I download your WiFi megaprimer Video.It takes me 10 days to downloading iso file because I download files from Mobile gprs.
As u said,we require network card,wifi adapter but Sir I have only 1 Desktop computer and one non-wifi Laptop.and i think no network card is installed in my computer.Can u tell me some cheap network card,wifi adapter.I have to buy all this things with my pocketmoney.I am from UP(Allahabad),as u know these hardware things are not easily available in my area,please suggest me some common,easily available and cheap hardware for practice your tutorials.
hi frends
other compatible wireless cards with backtrack
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Drivers
roshan chk this link and search for card prices
u get a card with cheap card
and post the card with cheap price
Does anyone know if the Alfa AwuS036H has issues with Win7.
Thanks.
Very informative and easy to follow course! Great work Vivek! I hope you'll keep these courses coming! You are great! : )
I just got the information about this site from one of my colleague. I was wondering that how could I miss and was not aware of such a wonderful website and extremely useful videos by Mr. Vivek. Thanks and hats off to Vivek for sharing this knowledge free of cost.
I am going to dedicate my one hour daily to go through all the videos...:-)
Any idea "How to enable internet sharing?" i have connected my Window 7 laptop to a wlan.
thanks sir vivek!
Thank you for this great video.
Your time and help with this is appreciated and a donation will be made.
To anyone thinking about these videos, quit thinking and get them. If you can please make a donation it is well worth it.
Today i started internet sharing option on mac and it converted my mac as access point and i named it as cc_lan , and when i turned my samsung mobile wifi on , it was showing my cc_lan access point on it. and it was succesfully connected ,.
so i opened browser on my samsung phone and then opened page google.com , and in the mean time i started sniffing my mac wifi interface by wireshark , as i thought i would sniff the packet coming of my samsung mobile as it was connected to me .
but wireshark didn't showed the packets of samsung mobile ?? why ????
I just started watching the series. You do an excellent job, Vivek. Nice details and explanations for those of us just learning. Thank you for your effort and dedication.
Thank you for this series. I intend to watch all of them.
Thanks for this. I have your book, which is good but its nice to see things being done also. I think that it would be good to be able to watch the videos straight from the group section..When I click on the group videos it wont play so I end up cutting and pasting the titles and searching for them..which is works but kind of a pain in the butt. Of course its well worth it, but it would be nice to make it easier to access the videos.
Vivek, after being a teacher, a programmer, and getting a law degree, I'm finally poking my nose into information security. Your videos are fantastic! From a teaching methodology and from a technical perspective (I'm only on video 7 so I don't know if you touch on the legality of all of this) these videos couldn't be better at learning theory, getting your hands dirty and most of all having fun! Who doesn't like to tinker around and see how things work? You set up perfect little examples and give just enough explanation.
Your Awesome , great yaar!!!!
sir very very nice video....
great sir..
Awesome
Thank you for the time you put in to making this a go to site for learning and improving knowledge in all the right ways.
why i can't see thses videos ? please help me
As soon as I found this page and watched this video I went on Amazon to order myself an Alfa card.
Now I got it and installed everything ready to get going.
Thank you so much for your educational videos. I am studying Computer Science and this will help me so much.
As soon as I found this page and watched this video I went on Amazon to order myself an Alfa card.
Now I got it and installed everything ready to get going.
Thank you so much for your educational videos. I am studying Computer Science and this will help me so much.
new world hacker how can i begin i need help please
Today is my first day of watching and learning the security topics. Eventhough I have a little bit knowledge. I am so much impressed of all these videos posted by you vivek. I definately learn from all these series of security topics. Thanks for sharing.... :)
Up until I watched this video I was unable to use Backtrack as virtual guest but you summed the process up perfectly. Thank you for your videos and keep 'em coming!
Up until I watched this video I was unable to use Backtrack as virtual guest but you summed the process up perfectly. Thank you for your videos and keep 'em coming!
Nice intro. I am very excited about the upcoming videos.
Great intro Vivek BUT i have a problem with my Virtualbox not recognising my Alpha card ie' when i go to add USB device there is NOTHING there ??? Any idea's ??? I don't really want to fall at the first hurdle eh ;-)
Thanks
TT079
Fixed it, Cheers
hello Sir, Nice Video
Sir, Can U Teach Me . I like Hacking
My Name Is Arshed Khan
I really like your videos. I have so much respect for you because you share/teach your knowledge.
I'm sure you help a lot of computer enthusiasts ( like me ) with these megaprimers. Keep up the
good work !
in my region i can't find Alfa Network awus036h usb but i found Alfa Network awus036nh usb ... can i use it ?? can any one help me please
Is there any software which can work like Alpha Card??? or convert laptop adapter into Alpha card...
airbase-ng creates software stack for AP...is there any software stack for Alpha card...sir will you please help me.
hello my friend, I'm Brazilian and I live in Goiânia-Goiás. I like your videos, very, but I don't understand you, because I don't speak english. So, do you or anything here can translate for the Portuguese Language ? I wait the legends, if possible ok.. THANKS .. God Bless you!!
Nice job the videos are amazing as always, just wondering if there is a torrent of all these i would like to download them all if poss.
Thanks
Hey Just started watching video series really awesum.
can you suggest good external card as videos are 1 year old or still alfa is best.
God bless you for sharing this information with the rest of the world. The videos are wonderful. You are a brilliant and generous man.
Great video and speech, compliments for quality and for sharing this to the community.
thanx vivek sir.... thanx alot... i m a big fan of urs, i love the way u teach man.... its ammazingly awesome..
best part is the best teacher is teaching us in free.... thanx for this socaila work sir :)
i would like to request u to kindly make a megaprimer series on web-site , web-applications security... i would be highly greatful to u.....
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I would be really thankful to him/her who would translate my comment in english
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Sir, aaj kal yeh aisa mahol chal raha hai jaha par hum indians Internet/Computer/corporate security ko lekar piche hai ya to bohat kam jante hai,
kuch aise log hai jo bohat jyada aur achha jante hai par india me nahi hai...aur kuch aap jaise log hai jo kahi bhi jakar settle ho sakte hai magar fir bhi india me rehkar itna bada kaam kar rahe hai, logo ko sikhana aur itne achhe tarike se itna asaan nahi hai sir. bohat kam log aap jaisa kaam kar pate hai.
Sir, aap har ek topic par ek video seris bana dete ho, ho sake utna aap usko detail me samjane ki kaushish karate ho that is really wonderful.
lekin sir, kuch aise bhi log hai mere jaise, jo hacking to sikhna chahte hi hai, par english poor hone ki wajah se aur programming languages, aur basic chize nahi aane par yaha ta nahi pohach pate..
Sir aapko to pata hi hai na, k kisi bhi building ka base hi powerful hona chahiye, hum jaise students kisi bhi classes me jakar sikhne ki kaushish karate hai par har classes wale ko sirf aur sirf paiso se matlab hota hai aur yeh nahi sochte ki student sikh bhi raha hai ya nahi....sir aapko to online support bhi mil raha hai itna, aapke viewers itne hai...
plz sir, hum jaise logo k liye bhi aap programming languages ki video series banao, please Sir....
i am sure sir, agar aap itna thoda sa time nikal k yeh series banaoge, bohat logo ko fayda hoga sir. aur tab jakar woh aage kuch achhe se samaj bhi payenge.
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Thanks in advance sir...
God bless you sir
You are the best hacking teacher in all over the world
we all love you
thnkxxx a lot sir for these amazinG videos sir i want to buy ur books but it's unavailable in india plzz help