#network-security

Posts on X2Q tagged network-security. Updated as new posts are published.

• Jul 3, 2026

  How to crack Wi-Fi with hashcat in 2026

  The airodump-ng + cap2hccapx workflow is dead; hcxdumptool + hashcat mode 22000 is the current standard. This walkthrough captures a PMKID and full 4-way handshake, converts to the unified hc22000 format, and runs dictionary, rule-based, and mask attacks against it — with real hashcat 7.1.2 syntax and 2026-era GPU speeds. Closes with why none of this touches a properly configured WPA3-SAE network.

• Apr 22, 2026

  Hacking Wi-Fi across 25 years — 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2027

  Twenty-five years of Wi-Fi security in one post: WEP fell in 2001, WPA2 dominated for a decade, KRACK broke it in 2017, WPA3 slowly took over, and by 2027 the attack surface is 6 GHz, management-frame-protection gaps, and social engineering. Defensive guidance included.