
Intro and welcome to the course.
Unboxing the Hak5 Wifi Pineapple Mark VII and Alfa AWUS036ACM
Set up the Wifi Pineapple
Set up a simple home lab for Wifi Pineapple ethical hacking. All you need is a Windows 11 PC, Wifi Pineapple and your home Access Point for Target Practice. Note: Later we can download the hashcat tool for Windows. You don't need Kali.
Setup a home lab with a Windows 11 PC acting as victim client PC, a Kali virtual machine to connect to Wifi Pineapple as attacking machine. Install Alfa AWUS036ACH (Realtek driver) for Kali virtual machine, using Alfa AWUS036ACM (Mediatek driver) for extending Wifi Pineapple to 5 GHz band. Note: You don't need really need this complicated setup, the previous Simple Lab with Wifi Pineapple directly plugged into Windows PC via a USB cable is good enough. You could also download hashcat tool for Windows. You don't really need Kali Linux to run hashcat.
Recon scan using the Web UI.
Recon scan using the command line.
Recon Scans for 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands Using Alfa AWUS036ACM
How To Add and Remove SSIDs to the PineAP Pool and Filters List
Add and remove SSID to PineAP Pool using the Web User Interface.
Deauthenticate client from accesspoint and verify the success of the attack via handshakes.
Do deauth attack from the commandline and also capture handshake files
Use Kali Linux hashcat tool and wordlist to crack the handshake file.
Know what comes inside a typical HackRF One package
Plug in a TXCO oscillator module onto the HackRF One board.
Install DragonOS in Oracle Virtual Box.
Install DragonOS in Raspberry Pi 400
Know what components are commonly found in the RTL-SDR v3 package. Understand that RTL-SDR only has receive capability and no transmit capability. Morever it's frequency range is only from 500kHz to 1.76 GHz. So it cannot be used for wifi jamming. But it can be used for receiver for proof-of-concept wifi jammer at lower frequency.
Understand the concept of SDR and the design and building of radio apps using Gnu Radio Companion.
Build a Wifi Jammer using HackRF One and Gnu Radio Companion
Use Wifi Pineapple to enumerate target access point and channel. Then use wifi jammer to jam that channel until target loses connection.
Understand the concept of Rogue Access Points and why it works well with open wifi access points.
1. Setup Wifi Pineapple to do Karma Attacks
2. Deauthenticate, or, wifi jam target access point
3. Impersonate target access point
Understand the concept of Evil Twin Attacks, how they work and the strategy and steps involved in executing such attacks.
Install the Evil Portal module in Wifi Pineapple and configure it.
Download captive portals and transfer them to wifi pineapple
Create custom captive portals to capture any wifi access points passwords.
Understand how evil twin attacks can be so deadly against any protection technology.
Defend against Evil Twin Attacks and Wifi Jamming
Where to go from here
Step into the cutting-edge world of wireless ethical hacking and learn how to test and secure WiFi networks using two of the most powerful tools in the cybersecurity arsenal: the Hak5 WiFi Pineapple and the HackRF One. This course is designed for cybersecurity enthusiasts, ethical hackers, penetration testers, and anyone interested in mastering wireless network security through hands-on, practical exercises.
You will explore how attackers exploit vulnerabilities in WiFi networks and how to defend against these attacks effectively by knowing how the attacks are executed. All demonstrations are performed in a controlled, ethical environment.
What You’ll Learn:
Set up and configure the Hak5 WiFi Pineapple for ethical hacking and penetration testing.
Perform WiFi reconnaissance to identify access points and clients, and gather critical network information.
Identify WiFi targets and the protocols used, and understand how they can be bypassed.
Build customized captive portals, learning to retrieve access point passwords with custom-made captive portals.
Understand the weaknesses of WPA3, Protected Management Frames (PMF), and Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) — traditional packet capture and deauthentication attacks are obsoleted by WPA3, PMF, and SAE, but hackers can still bypass them with WiFi Pineapple captive portals and HackRF One targeted channel jamming.
Why Enroll?
This course provides a real-world, hands-on approach to WiFi ethical hacking, combining the reconnaissance and exploitation power of the WiFi Pineapple with the advanced radio frequency manipulation capabilities of the HackRF One. You will not only learn the tools and techniques but also gain insight into modern WiFi protections like WPA3, PMF, and SAE — and how these can still be challenged through strategic jamming attacks.
Whether you're an aspiring ethical hacker wanting to break into wireless security or a seasoned penetration tester seeking to expand your skill set into advanced RF-based attacks, this course gives you the knowledge, tools, and practical experience to test and secure wireless networks effectively.
Get ready to master WiFi ethical hacking and take your cybersecurity skills to the next level — enroll today, and I will see you inside!