Advanced Ethical Wi-Fi Hacking with the ESP8266 Deauther

Name: Advanced Ethical Wi-Fi Hacking with the ESP8266 Deauther
Rating: 4.5 (134 reviews)

Pentesting & Ethical Hacking with Cheap Microcontrollers

Created byKody Kinzie, Stefan Kremser

Last updated 11/2020

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Ethical Hacking of Wi-Fi devices with a cheap ESP8266 microcontroller
Using Wi-Fi microcontrollers for pentesting and red teams
Wi-Fi basics and advanced Wi-Fi hacking techniques
Targeting smartphones and IoT devices
Command line basics and Wi-Fi pentesting frameworks
Wi-Fi surveillance and signals intelligence

Course content

5 sections • 29 lectures • 2h 52m total length

Welcome4:22
Explore advanced Wi-Fi hacking with the ESP8266 deauther, moving beyond earlier attacks to signals intelligence, capturing devices, and persistence on hardware, within a maker and hacker community.
Who Are We?2:41
Learn how Cody Kinsey's security research and wifi hacking with low-cost microcontrollers inform signals intelligence and forensics from wifi networks.
What are we doing today4:31
Learn advanced ethical wifi hacking with the ESP8266 deauther, covering installation, cross-platform control, and new attacks like tracking, aliasing, signals intelligence, device capture, and spoofed networks, with hands-on labs.
Is This Legal? Can I Get In Trouble?2:22
Learn the legal risks of attacking devices without permission, and why you must obtain explicit authorization before testing; identify targets carefully to avoid penalties.
Legal Pop Quiz
Quick Demo4:16
Demonstrates a quick test of the ESP8266 Deauther: plug in, run a scan, customize options, beacon a fake network, and monitor authentications, emphasizing responsible, ethical use.
What is this and why does it matter?6:32
Explore the ESP8266 deauther's goals and attacks, including defeating MAC address randomisation and unmasking devices with fake networks to study traffic and targeting methods.
How Did the ESP8266 Learn to Hack?3:18
Explore how the ESP8266 learns to hack by using Arduino to perform packet injection and a dialling attack that crafts spoofed packets to disconnect devices.
What is new in the Deauther V37:57
Explore what's new in the deauther v3, including a powerful command line interface and the Julito tool, with advanced scanning and targeting options.
Introduction: Final Thoughts2:19
Understand the ESP8266 deauther's origin, its shift from a smart-light development board to a potential wifi attack tool, and the community firmware that enables testing and troubleshooting.

Overview2:02
Install the necessary software, identify the correct serial port, and flash the firmware onto the ESP8266 Deauther; then establish a serial connection to begin exploring open-source capabilities.
What We Need8:25
Access the ESP8266 deauther’s command line via a USB serial connection, using the honeyeater gateway, and follow the Windows, Linux, and Mac installation steps on the GitHub release page.
Connect your ESP5:36
Connect your ESP8266 deauther by locating the serial port, running cross-platform terminal commands to identify the device, and troubleshooting USB cables and drivers to generate the C report.
Esptool4:02
Install and use esptool to flash the ESP8266 deauther chip, following Python and pip setup, path configuration, and cross-platform options (Windows, macOS, Linux) for easy flashing.
Flashing the .bin file7:26
Flash the ESP8266 deauther by running a simple command to load the .bin onto the chip, monitor progress, and use nightly builds from a GitHub repository for updated firmware.
Huhnitor5:47
Install and run the latest Yaffa tool on your ESP8266 setup, then use the honeyeater CLI to auto-detect devices, connect, and explore cross-platform rust-based features.
Installation Troubleshooting: Arduino IDE10:57
Troubleshoot installation for the ESP8266 deauther using Arduino IDE with board manager URLs and the ESP tool; learn to compile, select the proper board, and flash, with Python environment tips.
Deauther Installation Quiz

Section Overview1:06
Learn the ESP8266 deauther's start, RAM diagnostic, and help commands, then perform scans of access points and stations, beacon attacks, and fake networks, with real vs fake network differences explained.
Basic commands5:30
Master essential commands for the esp8266 deauther, such as help for concise overviews and start for formatted code, plus scanning access points and stations on chosen channels.
Getting started quiz
Scan Command8:50
Master the scan command to identify access points and stations, control channel time and duration, and filter results by vendor for targeted device discovery.
Scanning Quiz
Deauth Commands5:57
Discover how the deauth command can disrupt devices on 2.4 ghz networks, with permission, and how to target by index, choose packet types, and set rate limits and timeouts.
Review Deauthing
Beacon Command4:54
Explore beacon commands that create fake, non-connecting networks to convey messages, trigger device responses, and reveal real mac addresses for targeted intelligence and tracking.
Probe Frames & Karma Attacks1:52
Explore how karma attacks trigger a fake network with the exact same name to coax devices into connecting, and how fake programs reveal attackers by simulating networks like Google.
Signals Intelligence Attacks9:27
Explore signals intelligence attacks with the ESP8266 deauther, using beacon frames and fake access points to identify nearby devices and networks and analyze Mac address randomization impacts.
Identify network names that will cause nearby devices to connect

Labs Introduction2:42
These labs teach advanced wifi attacks with the esp8266 deauther, aliasing a 2.4 ghz device, scanning and attacking, and deploying fake networks to study device responses.
Create an AP & ID Connecting Devices10:43
Create an access point to connect devices, identify connected devices by vendor, and explore captive portals and device profiling to understand network interactions.
Capture the data connection a nearby Wi-Fi device
Force a Target to Connect to an Evil AP19:07
Demonstrate advanced ethical wifi hacking with the ESP8266 Deauther by forcing a device onto a rogue access point through deauth techniques, fake beacons, and extended service concepts.
Herd a device from a "safe" network onto a honeypot network we control
Attack takeaways
Extract a List of Networks A Target Has Joined13:32
Explore how to extract networks a target has joined by broadcasting fake beacons and monitoring responses, using Python scripts and hone read to automate network fingerprinting.

Planned Updates3:46
This lecture outlines planned updates for the ESP8266 deauther, including weight and sleep commands, scripting triggers for detected devices, and roadmap items like phishing pages and tracking redirects.
Feedback - What should we add next?
Thanks for Watching2:30
Share ideas, report bugs, and propose improvements for the esp8266 deauther project during this hands-on workshop, with issues on GitHub and Python wrapper examples.

Requirements

Students must have a Wi-Fi Nugget or ESP8266 based microcontroller
Students should have Arduino IDE installed
Students will need a micro USB cable that supports data, NOT a power only cable
Students should have Python3 installed
Students should use the Chrome web browser

Description

This ethical hacking course walks beginners, computer science students, or cybersecurity professionals through advanced Wi-Fi hacking techniques using a cheap and easy to find microcontroller, the ESP8266. You can easily find these boards on websites like Amazon and Aliexpress.

To get started hacking Wi-Fi, it's usually necessary to have a wireless network adapter that supports the kind of attacks hackers use. Cheap and easy to find development boards based on the ESP8266 offer an alternative to this, and can be pre-programmed with a framework supporting advanced Wi-Fi attacks.

Using the Wi-Fi Deauther loaded on this $5 microcontroller, we'll learn to scan and identify Wi-Fi devices, create fake networks, jam network connections, and even learn where nearby devices have been.

We'll also practice advanced Wi-Fi hacking techniques to defeat privacy measures built into modern smart Wi-Fi devices. This includes revealing the true MAC address of devices using MAC address randomization, forcing a smart device to connect to a rouge network from a safe one, and serving a basic phishing page to captured devices.

For red teams, penetration testers, or anyone wanting to get into Wi-Fi hacking on a budget, this class will teach both basic and advanced techniques for Wi-Fi signals intelligence and hacking.

Who this course is for:

Cybersecurity professionals
Ethical hackers
Penetration testers
Computer science students
Infosec beginners

Advanced Ethical Wi-Fi Hacking with the ESP8266 Deauther

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Introduction9 lectures • 38min

Installation7 lectures • 44min

Wi-Fi Deauther Basic Usage7 lectures • 38min

Labs: Let’s try out our skills!4 lectures • 46min

Planned Updates & Feedback2 lectures • 6min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: