How to Protect Wifi From Hackers

How to Protect Wifi From Hackers -It is very pertinent for Wifi owners welther or organiztion or individual to protect their wireless network from attackers, (hackers). This  page will help you on How to Protect Wifi From Hackers.

How to Protect Wifi From Hackers

In minimizing wireless network attacks; an organization can adopt the following policies

1. Changing default passwords that come with the hardware
2. Enabling the authentication mechanism
3. Access to the network can be restricted by allowing only registered MAC addresses.
4. Use of strong WEP and WPA-PSK keys, a combination of symbols, number and characters reduce the chance of the keys been cracking using dictionary and brute force attacks.
5. Firewall Software can also help reduce unauthorized access.

Hacking Activity: Crack Wireless Password

In this practical scenario, we are going touse Cain and Abel to decode the stored wireless network passwords in Windows. We will also provide useful information that can be used to crack the WEP and WPA keys of wireless networks.
Decoding Wireless network passwords stored in Windows

Download Cain & Abel from the link provided above.
Open Cain and Abel

Related: How to Hack Wifi Password Using Android Phones

How to hack wireless networks

• Ensure that the Decoders tab is selected then click on Wireless Passwords from the navigation menu on the left-hand side
• Click on the button with a plus sign
• Assuming you have connected to a secured wireless network before, you will get results similar to the ones shown below
• The decoder will show you the encryption type, SSID and the password that was used.