The security hole provided by Ad hoc networking is not the Ad hoc network itself but the bridge it provides into other networks, usually in the corporate environment, and the unfortunate default settings in most versions of Microsoft Windows to have this feature turned on unless explicitly disabled. Thus the user may not even know they have an unsecured Ad hoc network in operation on their computer. If they are also using a wired or wireless infrastructure network at the same time, they are providing a bridge to the secured organizational network through the unsecured Ad hoc connection. Bridging is in two forms. A direct bridge, which requires the user actually configure a bridge between the two connections and is thus unlikely to be initiated unless explicitly desired, and an indirect bridge which is the shared resources on the user computer. The indirect bridge may expose private data that is shared from the user's computer to LAN connections, such as shared folders or private Network Attached Storage, making no distinction between authenticated or private connections and unauthenticated Ad-Hoc networks. This presents no threats not already familiar to open/public or unsecured wifi access points, but firewall rules may be circumvented in the case of poorly configured operating systems or local settings.[10]
A spokesperson from Ring sent a statement saying, "Like any wifi-enabled device, WiFi signal interference may affect Ring device performance. If customers are experiencing issues with connectivity, we encourage them to reach out to Ring Customer Support."
Problem
I have an Arris modem-router that provides wifi connections through both a 2.4GHz connection and a 5Ghz connection. According to the router settings (accessed by navigating my browser to the ip address and logging in), both wireless networks have security mode WPA2-PSK (AES), with a pre-shared key I chose. However, according to my laptop, android phone, and ipad, the 5GHz network security is "open", "none", no padlock symbol, etc., while the 2.4GHz wireless network simply does not appear at all. I'm not particularly worried about the missing 2.4GHz network, I mostly want to ensure that my 5GHz network is secure. I just noticed this problem this morning. I've been using this modem-router for more than a year, and in the past I could not connect to the wireless networks without the correct pre-shared key.
There's also Wifite. It's less complicated than Aircrack-ng. You could just run it like sudo wifite, no arguments, and it'll scan for networks. Once you've seen the network you want to pentest, select it by entering its assigned number, then wifite will bruteforce it using different attacks. Personally, I use wifite if the WiFi network is WPS-enabled. Or to get the handshake capture of a WPA/WPA2 WiFi, then pass it along to Aircrack-ng for the dictionary attack.
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