Penetration Test on Home Network Environments: A Cybersecurity Case Study

Abstract

Most of the people nowadays use internet connection in their home, especially nowadays that most of the companies are forced to adapt to a Work from Home Basis due to the pandemic (Covid 19) to continue their business activities. This study assesses how vulnerable the default setting of SOHO Routers that the public/private telecommunication companies provide to their consumer. Furthermore, the study assesses how limited/outdated the protection of the router that is provided. This study uses a Kali Linux, a Debian-Based Linux used for Digital Forensics and Penetration Testing to test the vulnerability of the routers to network attacks. Network Attacks such as Deauthentication, Dictionary and Bruteforcing Attack, ARP Poisoning, etc. are performed to help identify threats that could compromise the network of the user and provide secure practices and solutions to help mitigate those kinds of attack.