Neighbor Hacking into Home WiFi
May 12th, 2014
So my Wifi network at home is being hacked by a neighbor. My firmware for my router tells me the number of LAN and Wireless devices connected and it shows devices then exist in the house, further to this I have noticed a fair bit of excess downloading these last few weeks with no on else in the flat having been home when the downloading occurred. We live in a quiet residential street so I am fairly certain the person connecting is going to be one of the neighbors in the building or in a building next door.
We have WPA-2 Personal and AES Encryption with a key that I set myself. I know I can set the key again and upgrade the encryption, but gawd I would love to catch the bugger as they have pushed us over our data cap again and again.
I’m doing some googling now, but I’d love some advice from some people who have the same sense of revenge as me as to what I can do to find them. And from there it’d be fantastic to be able to call the Pow Pow or even do some serious damage to their PC!
Cheers!
Ben
u used WPA2 AES but your password must not be easy to guess… put a password with letters, numbers, symbols etc..
and remember put a long password
Cheers Harry Potter. Current password is pretty damn complex, numbers letters and not a real word either.
What I am looking for is a way to find which neighbor it is, and potential ways to get them too…any help much appreciated.
hey i just found out this article they said that track them down with MoocherHunter live CD tracking suite not sure whether it works…
full article here
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/check-stealing-wifi/
12 randomly generated ASCII code will be sufficient.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wireless-security-hack,2981.html
WPA/2 would be best WEP is way to easy to crack and not many people use that anymore. Use a complex password doesnt need to be too complex just something that wouldn’t be a real word or in the dictionary. You could also try turning the mac filter on and it will block unwanted computers that arent in your routers list, another thing you could do is hide your SSID which will give you some more protection.
Also change your router name to something like “F-U You Fokers”
How about either allowing only known MAC addresses access to your wifi, or giving all of your computers and devices static ip addresses and set the router only to allow connections from those ip addresses…
luke1 replied: How about either allowing only known MAC addresses access to your wifi, or giving all of your computers and devices static ip addresses and set the router only to allow connections from those ip addresses...
If his router allows it, setting up a wireless card access list by MAC address is the easiest solution.
Change your router name to “Police surveillance van #2684D”
there is a program or script (can’t remember ) that will turn everyone’s that’s not suppose to be on your wifi their pages upside down and screw up there text making them think they either have a virus or your system has been compromised. find the program or script install it and the first neighbor complaing about having problems is your culprit.
oh no.. that’s why I don’t use no wifi.. it’s not secure. Get a lan cable.
-Try Changing the wifi name and Disable SSID Broadcast. * sniffers may still detect though.
– WPA2 encryption not good enough any more?
– Mac addresses can be spoofed as easy as wep is to crack.
– See if this software will help any: Wifi manager. look in the apps section.
hahaha minigamer: yeah I remember seeing that upside down script too…
I searched google for (wifi turn pages upside down.)
http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html
-How far away are You using Your wireless? Try shielding the ant with tin foil so the signal only aims at a certain direction..in ur direction.
Like put a box over the router with foil inside leaving one end opened and aimed at your pc’s..
They can’t hack it if they can’t pick up the signal.
But I would first change the network name to: (Im Gonna Get You Soon) LOL! or (I will know when you connect)
Or what Vity Said: Police surveillance van #2684D LOL that’s a nice one.. hee hee.. “Police Mobile Unit” “FBI Mobile Station”
Hi for the question you ask how to find wich one hack your wifi just sniff your network its should provide you enough information to know who crack it
only works with WEP Encryption
Vity replied: Change your router name to "Police surveillance van #2684D"
This is actually not a bad idea. That’l make him think twice before hacking into it.
ettercap+sslstrip to sniff out his passwords to such things like email and facebook.
There’s really no need to be overly paranoid (changing the SSID to police van ## and such),To the best of my knowledge,WPA2
has not been cracked as of yet,The only way to get around it is with a dictionary attack if you use a common
number,set of numbers,name or phrase as your password,And from what I understand that’s not the case here.
Changing the password alone would probably be good enough. Whichever neighbor it was,He could’ve only get
it using one of the following ways:
A) One of the house members gave it to him.
B) He already knew what it was,Did you set up the encryption yourself or did you had a tech/friend do it for you? and if so,Was it one
that lives near by? Maybe he just memorized it,Or wrote it on paper and hid it and from whatever reason,Decided to use it.
C) Physical access,This neighbor has been at your house before,Was left unsupervised with one of the PCs for a while
and ran an app that showed him the wireless password,Or maybe he just got nosy and found the paper or sticky note that contained it.
D) Semi physical access,Maybe he found a way to convince one of the house members (via the internet) to run a certain
spyware which he later on used to obtain the wireless password (least likely option,but worth looking into nonetheless)
I’d say A or C is most likely.
E) Brute Force Attack or Dictionary Attack =D
http://www.elcomsoft.com/ewsa.html
Vity replied: Change your router name to "Police surveillance van #2684D" That’s hilarious! I might have to do that myself! Change it back in the morning and change the van number each night…. Fantastic!
SmAsHeDr replied: E) Brute Force Attack or Dictionary Attack =D
http://www.elcomsoft.com/ewsa.html
Not practical,Will take too long.
F – keylogger