About this ebook
This book presents a practical approach to auditing, exploitation, and defense in Wi-Fi networks using Kali Linux as the central platform for analysis and operation. Aimed at cybersecurity professionals and students, the content demonstrates how to recognize SSIDs, BSSIDs, and clients, capture handshakes and PMKIDs, analyze 802.11 traffic, and interpret technical artifacts in real scenarios of authorized testing and security validation.
The work explores tools widely used in wireless operations, such as Aircrack-ng, Airmon-ng, Airodump-ng, and Aireplay-ng, as well as capture resources, monitor mode, PCAP analysis, and technical troubleshooting. It also covers hardware preparation, drivers, chipsets, channel synchronization, interference, capture stability, analysis of WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 encryption, techniques such as deauthentication, Evil Twin, and Rogue Access Point, as well as hardening practices and defense in wireless networks.
You will learn to:
• Configure wireless interfaces and validate monitor mode • Identify networks, clients, channels, and authentication patterns • Collect handshakes, PMKIDs, and session artifacts • Perform analysis with Aircrack-ng, Airodump-ng, and Aireplay-ng • Interpret 802.11 traffic and PCAP files • Diagnose capture failures, noise, and hardware limitations • Apply wireless defense, mitigation, and hardening techniques.
At the end, you will be able to execute complete Wi-Fi hacking workflows with Kali Linux, integrating reconnaissance, capture, analysis, troubleshooting, and defense for technical audits, penetration testing, and practical validation of wireless security.
kali linux, wifi hacking, wireless security, wifi networks, wireless pentest, aircrack-ng, airmon-ng, airodump-ng, aireplay-ng, handshake, pmkid, deauth attack, evil twin, rogue access point, wpa, wpa2, wpa3, traffic capture, 802.11, pcap, network analysis, monitor mode, packet injection, network auditing, wireless security, traffic interception, wifi password cracking, attack engineering, network defense, wireless hardening, wifi troubleshooting, cyber security, pentest, red team
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About the author
Diego Rodrigues
Technical Author and Independent Researcher
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-
StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems
Email: studiod21portoalegre@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/diegoexpertai
International technical author (tech writer) focused on the structured production of applied knowledge. He is the founder of StudioD21 Smart Tech Content & Intell Systems, where he leads the creation of intelligent frameworks and the publication of didactic technical books supported by artificial intelligence, such as the Kali Linux Extreme series, SMARTBOOKS D21, among others.
Holder of 46 international certifications issued by institutions such as IBM, Google, Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, META, Ec-Council, Palo Alto, and Boston University, he works in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data, Blockchain, Connectivity Technologies, Ethical Hacking, and Threat Intelligence.
Since 2003, he has developed more than 200 technical projects for brands in Brazil, the USA, and Mexico. In 2024, he established himself as one of the leading technical book authors of the new generation, with over 180 titles published in six languages. His work is based on his proprietary TECHWRITE 2.3 applied technical writing protocol, focused on scalability, conceptual precision, and practical applicability in professional environments.
