Pineapple Pentest May 2026

Date: [Current Date] Audience: Security Teams / IT Managers Purpose: To demonstrate the risks of rogue APs and insecure Wi-Fi client behavior. 1. Executive Summary The WiFi Pineapple (by Hak5) is a purpose-built device for rogue access point (AP) attacks. In this penetration test, the Pineapple was used to simulate an attacker deploying an evil twin AP in a controlled environment.

Any network using pre-shared keys (WPA2-PSK) or open guest access should consider itself vulnerable to Pineapple-class attacks until upgraded. This report was generated for educational and authorized security testing purposes only. Unauthorized use of a WiFi Pineapple is illegal in most jurisdictions. pineapple pentest

Without 802.1X (WPA2-Enterprise) or secure client configuration (e.g., not auto-connecting to open/known SSIDs), the Pineapple successfully intercepted credentials, injected malicious payloads, and performed man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. Date: [Current Date] Audience: Security Teams / IT