How to Hack Wi-Fi with No Wi-Fi

**Executive summary:** This transcript documents a March 6, 2025 webcast by Black Hills Information Security introducing Wi‑Fi Forge, an open‑source virtualization/emulation environment that creates kernel‑level virtual wireless interfaces (via mac80211_hwsim and Mininet‑WiFi) to let students and testers run realistic Wi‑Fi labs—covering reconnaissance, WPA2 handshake capture and cracking, WEP cracking, and evil‑twin captive‑portal attacks—without physical wireless hardware; presenters discuss demoed workflows, tooling (BetterCap, aircrack, hashcat, Wi‑Fi Fisher), persistent dependency/VM/Kali installation issues, and roadmap items including Dockerization, WPA3 support, and a snapshot/export feature for pre‑engagement emulation.