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Wireless Security: 6 Ways to Stop and Catch Hackers and War Drivers

War drivers are in the business of this will keep them occupied until you
finding wireless access points, can track them down. There are many
documenting them and uploading their honeypot programs free and commercial
locations to the web. Why would someone that will simulate networks or servers
do this, well for several reasons:First but are really just recording all the
they want free internet access. Next they hackers' information and types of
could just be war driving as a hobby; attacks.6. Use a RADIUS Server - RADIUS
finally they could be targeting your servers require Wireless clients to
network for financial gain. authenticate with a username and password
One of the most asked questions is how not just with a PSK (Pre- Shared Key).
do you stop hackers from trying to hack With out a RADIUS server you really don't
your wireless lan and how to catch them know who is on your WLAN. With a RADIUS
in the act.Stopping Wardrivers:1. Use server you know who is accessing your
directional antennas: One of the most WLAN and when they accessed it. Also a
under stated uses of directional antennas RADIUS server gives you the ability of
are how they keep your wireless signal creating policies for times your WLAN can
within your area of operation. If you are be accessed and other required security
using a Omni directional antenna that is features the wireless clients must have
causing half the signal to travel outside enabled their computers.Now let's put
your building, you have a major security this all together to catch our hacker.
problem. Also while using your wireless First you are going through your daily
directional antenna turndown transmit routine of checking logs on your Kismet
power to reduce your signal strength if IDS server and you notice the same MAC
you can.2. Blend your wireless antennas address probing networks but not joining.
into your buildings architecture or keep Next you check your help tickets and
them low profile. This is not expensive, notice that in one area of the building
the whole point is not letting your clients were having trouble connecting to
antennas stick out like a sore thumb so the wireless network or they had trouble
anyone driving by doesn't say, wow they staying connected.
have a wireless network. Once again the Flags go up in your head, so you go over
best way to stop people from trying to to your honeypot server and check that .
hack your wireless network is to keep it You notice it was accessed around the
hidden.3. Use Kismet or Airsnort - Make same time of the Kismet logs showed a
a cheap wireless Intrusion detection client probing the network. The honey pot
system. Use an older desktop computer recorded the MAC address of the WAR
install Linux, install a USB wireless driver and the operating system and the
adapter or PCI wireless adapter and boom computer name.Next you check your
you have your wireless war driver security cameras for that time but don't
stopper. Both Kismet and airsnort will really notice anything. So for the next
alert you when wireless clients are couple days you keep monitoring your
probing your network. If a wireless honey pot server and watch the hacker try
client is using netstumber and not and crack the WLAN and the database
joining networks they will be found by server. The whole process of cracking
Kismet. Their wireless adapters MAC wireless encryption is actually two
address will be logged and other details steps. The first step is gathering enough
of the operating system. Most of the time packets for your cracking program to
these could be false hits but if you crack. This whole process of gathering
notice a pattern of the same MAC address enough packets can takes days or weeks
probing networks you could have hacker not five minutes. Now once you do have
issues.4. Security Cameras - No matter enough packets 64 bit WEP encryption can
how hard you try not to have your signal be cracked in less that five minutes. 128
bleed outside your operations area it bit encryption can take many times
will...to a point. Probe your own network longer, WPA with TKIP and AES encryption
as if you were a wardriver. Don't just can takes months to crack.My whole point
use a standard wireless adapter to find is that you have some time to catch your
out where you still can detect your hacker because he will be back many
network. You will want to use a highly times, assuming that you already have at
directional antenna to see how far away least the basic security features in
you can detect your own network. Once you place.
know your weak points setup some cheap Now once you have all your logs compiled
security cameras to monitor those and your honey pot data you should have a
areas.5. Setup a Honey Pot - Give the good idea how the hacker behaves. Check
Wardriver what they want, a network to your security cameras and you probably
hack. Take an access point connect it to notice the same car or person in the area
a standalone switch with another junk around that time. Take that information
computer connected to that switch. Name to your in house security and tell them
the SSID something sounding important to watch for that vehicle or person and
like server WLAN and name the computer call the police.If you are lucky security
Database. Finally use a weak password or or police will spot him and apprehend
just leave the access point without any him. Convicting him or her will be tough
security. Script kiddies who say they but with your compiled logs and video you
"hack networks" really are only should have a lot of evidence to help
connecting to open wireless lans with no your case.Simple and secure wireless
security. If you give them a "Important solutions.
sounding SSID with a "database to hack"




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