What are Wi-Fi Disassociation and Deauthentication attacks?

by | Sep 18, 2020 | CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Security, End Point Protection, Exclusive Articles, Featured, Most Common Vulnerabilities, Network Security, Wireless Network And Security

Wi-Fi Deauthentication And Disassociation Attacks

What are Wi-Fi Disassociation and Deauthentication attacks?

Wi-Fi deauthentication attack and Wi-Fi disassociation attack are two attacks in which an attacker spoofs the MAC address of a victim’s device and sends a deauthentication frame or disassociation frame to an access point. As a result, the victim’s device gets disconnected from the network, causing a Denial of Service attack. Later, the attacker takes advantage of the attack to steal sensitive information of the user using an evil twin or perpetrating password attacks.

How do Wi-Fi deauthentication and disassociation attacks work? And how to prevent them? In this article, we would discuss that in detail.


In this article, we will discuss:

  • What are Wi-Fi Disassociation and Deauthentication attacks?

  • How do Wi-Fi Authentication and Association work?

  • How do Wi-Fi Deauthentication and Disassociation attacks work?

  • Why do attackers use Wi-Fi Deauthentication and Disassociation attacks?

  • How to prevent Wi-Fi Deauthentication and Disassociation attacks?

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Ms. Amrita Mitra is an author, who has authored the books “Cryptography And Public Key Infrastructure“, “Web Application Vulnerabilities And Prevention“, “A Guide To Cyber Security” and “Phishing: Detection, Analysis And Prevention“. She is also the founder of Asigosec Technologies, the company that owns The Security Buddy.

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