Find Hidden WiFi SSIDs With Aircrack-ng

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Hidden networks are actually the same as regular Wi-Fi networks; only they don’t broadcast their names (SSID) in the beacon frames.

If the name isn’t included, your computer will never find it just by scanning for nearby hotspots to join. To join a hidden network, you need to know its name first or the SSID.

SSID Service Set Identifier also known as the network name. It is the name given to identify a wireless network. In the range of the wireless AP, SSID is detected by other wireless-enabled devices.

From a Security Point of View. Hiding your SSID is to make your Access Point invisible and attackers won’t try to attack this directly as this is less of a low-hanging fruit. However, a smart attacker knows how to detect them.

Hiding an SSID simply refers to disabling the SSID broadcast feature of your Access Point.

Different routers have different configuration settings. Please explore your router features accordingly and find the option to hide the SSID.

So, let’s see how easy it is to reveal a hidden SSID using the aircrack-ng suite.

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