To pull off this attack, a few conditions need to be met. Also, DNS requests to resolve the domains that apps need to talk to in order to work are easy to see, identifying which apps and services are active. This may not seem like a big deal, but in only 60 seconds, it's easy to learn a lot about the type of device we're monitoring and what exactly is running on it. The content of HTTPS websites won't be able to be seen, but any plain HTTP websites you visit or any insecure HTTP requests apps on your phone makes are in plain view. Don't Miss: Detect Script-Kiddie Wi-Fi Jamming with Wireshark.If an attacker has the PSK to the Wi-Fi network and either observes you join the network or kicks you off for a moment, they can decrypt your Wi-Fi traffic to see what you're doing. The second is the actual handshake itself, which has to happen to establish a connection.

The first is the password that's used to generate a much longer number, a PSK or pre-shared key. When you use a Wi-Fi network that uses WPA2 encryption, the security of your session is based on two things.

Using wireshark