The Pager is Hak5's newest device — a standalone, battery-powered, pager-form-factor wireless auditing platform. Think of it as a miniaturized Mark VII that fits in your palm, with a screen, a buzzer, and a 2000 mAh battery. It was released in late 2025 and represents a significant leap over the Mark VII in several key areas.

The WiFi Pineapple, developed by Hak5, is a purpose-built rogue access point platform designed for wireless network auditing and man-in-the-middle attacks. It runs a custom OS (Pineapple OS, based on OpenWrt) and provides a web-based interface called the Pineapple Dashboard. Here's a breakdown of its core capabilities and usage:

Aerial wardriving gives you a 3D signal propagation map that ground surveys can't produce. WiFi signals bleed upward through windows, roof vents, and atriums. Rooftop APs and point-to-point bridges are invisible from the parking lot but wide open from 100 meters up. This is advanced physical-layer recon and it's incredibly effective when authorized. This is a guide on how to aerial warflying / wardriving works.

Here's a guide on how to get managed into monitor mode across different network cards and operating systems.

Rogue APs are the most reliable wireless attack vector in corporate pentesting. Clients trust what they know, and they'll connect to an AP broadcasting the SSID they're looking for. Here's the full operational guide on hacking with rogue access points (APs).

Comprehensive WiFi security assessment methodology. This is a detailed guide on how to hack WiFi networks.