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Wireless Hacking Tools
There are two types of Wireless Hacking Tools. One can be used to sniff the network and monitor what is happening in the network. The other type of tool is used to hack WEP/WPA keys. These are popular tools used for wireless password cracking and network troubleshooting.
1. Aircrack-ng
One of the most preferred wireless password cracking programs for 802.11a/b/g WEP and WPA is called Aircrack-ng. By collecting packets, Aircrack-ng employs the best methods to recover wireless passwords. When there are a sufficient number of packets, it tries to find the password. It uses a typical FMS attack with some changes to speed up the attack.
The company behind the tool also provides an online tutorial where you can learn how to install and use this tool to crack wireless passwords. It comes as a Linux distribution, Live CD, and VMware image options. You can use any of these. It supports most wireless adapters and is almost guaranteed to work.
If you are using a Linux distribution, the only drawback of the tool is that it requires in-depth knowledge of Linux. If you are not comfortable with Linux, it will be difficult for you to use this tool. In this case, try a Live CD or VMWare image. The VMWare image requires less knowledge, but it only works with a limited set of host OS, and only USB devices are supported.
Before you even start using it, confirm that the wireless card can inject packets. Then start WEP cracking. Read the online tutorial on the website to learn more about the tool. If you follow the steps properly, you should be able to successfully crack a WEP-protected Wi-Fi network.
Download Aircrack-ng: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/
2. Wifi
Wifite is a Python script designed to make wireless security auditing easier. It runs existing wireless hacking tools for you, eliminating the need to remember and correctly use different tools with their various options. Wifite2 is a complete rewrite of the original Wifite tool. It is designed to work on Kali Linux and Parrotsec Linux distros. Before running Wifite, it is recommended to install their optional tools as they are required to run some of the supported attacks.
Download Wifite2: https://github.com/derv82/wifite2
3. Fortune telling
Kismet is free software written in C++ that can be used to sniff TCP, UDP, DHCP and ARP packets. It is a passive tool and does not interact with the network. It has the ability to discover hidden networks and is used to control various types of activities. The captured packets can be exported to Wireshark and analyzed further. It is available for Linux, Windows and some other platforms.
Kismet is supported on all operating systems (using WSL on Windows) and is actively supported. The last 2020 release significantly reworked the system to improve performance and add new features.
Download Wifite2: https://github.com/derv82/wifite2
3. Fortune telling
Kismet is free software written in C++ that can be used to sniff TCP, UDP, DHCP and ARP packets. It is a passive tool and does not interact with the network. It has the ability to discover hidden networks and is used to control various types of activities. The captured packets can be exported to Wireshark and analyzed further. It is available for Linux, Windows and some other platforms.
Kismet is supported on all operating systems (using WSL on Windows) and is actively supported. The last 2020 release significantly reworked the system to improve performance and add new features.
Download Kismet: http://www.kismetwireless.net/
4. Wifiphisher
Wifiphisher is a tool designed to perform face-to-face attacks by taking advantage of Wi-Fi associations. By convincing wireless users to connect to a rogue access point, Wifiphisher provides an attacker with the ability to intercept and monitor or modify their wireless traffic.
Wifiphisher also enables an attacker to launch web phishing attacks. These can be used to collect user credentials for third-party sites or Wi-Fi network credentials. Additionally, Wifiphisher is designed to be modular, enabling advanced users to write custom code to extend its capabilities.
Download Wifiphisher: https://github.com/wifiphisher/wifiphisher/
5. inSSIDer
inSSIDer is a popular Wi-Fi scanner for Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems. inSSIDer Wi-Fi Scanner can perform various tasks, including finding open Wi-Fi access points, tracking signal strength, and saving logs with GPS records.
inSSIDer operates on a freemium model. The basic functionality is available for free, but some features require a paid subscription.
Download inSSIDer: https://www.metageek.com/products/inssider/
6.Wireshark
The network protocol analyzer is called Wireshark. You can use it to monitor network activity. You can live-capture packets, perform high-level inspection on them, or look at the values of specific fields included within a packet. Among others, it runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD.
Wireshark is designed to be user-friendly, but it has a lot of functionality under the hood. It is most useful if you have a strong understanding of network protocols and can effectively interpret the traffic you are seeing.
Download Wireshark: https://www.wireshark.org/
7. CoWPAtty
CoWPAtty is an automated dictionary attack tool for WPA-PSK. It runs on Linux OS. This program has a command-line interface and runs on a word list containing the password to use in the attack.
The tool is simple to use, but it is slow. This is because Hash Network uses PBKDF2 with 4096 iterations to generate possible passphrases from the SSID and password. Since each calculation of the PBKDF takes time, this makes a brute force password guessing attack very slow.
However, CoWPAtty has a rainbow table designed to mitigate this problem. Since many routers have common SSIDs, pre-computed tables have been generated for these SSIDs and common passwords. If the target network is one of these, testing against the pre-computed dictionary is much faster.
Download CoWPAtty: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cowpatty/
8. AirJack
AirJack is a Wi-Fi 802.11 packet injection tool. This wireless cracking tool is very useful in injecting forged packets and taking down the network by performing a denial of service attack. This tool can also be used for man-in-the-middle attack on the network.
Download AirJack: http://sourceforge.net/projects/airjack/
9. Airgeddon
Airgeddon is designed as an all-in-one tool for security analysis of wireless networks. To accomplish this, it integrates several existing tools and provides a single command-line interface for all of them. This helps reduce the complexity of performing a Wi-Fi security audit because Airgeddon’s CLI walks you through the process and handles the interaction with all the underlying tools.
Download Airgeddon: https://github.com/v1s1t0r1sh3r3/airgeddon
10. OmniPeek
OmniPeek is another good packet sniffer and network analyzer tool. This tool is commercial and supports only Windows operating system.
OmniPeek is included in this list despite being a commercial tool due to its comprehensive feature set. This tool is intended to be an all-in-one Wi-Fi network management solution and includes packet capture, protocol decoding, network diagnostics and troubleshooting, and even playback and analysis of voice and video traffic for diagnostic purposes.
Download OmniPeek: https://www.liveaction.com/products/omnipeek-network-protocol-analyzer/
11. CommView for WiFi
CommView for WiFi is another popular wireless monitor and packet analyzer tool. It comes with an easy to understand GUI. It works fine with 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac networks. It captures each packet and displays useful information in the form of a list. You can get useful information such as access points, stations, signal strength, network connections, and protocol distribution.
Captured packets can be decrypted by user-defined WEP or WPA keys.
The tool is basically meant for Wi-Fi network administrators, security professionals, home users who want to monitor their Wi-Fi traffic and programmers working on software for wireless networks.
Download CommView for WiFi: http://www.tamos.com/products/commwifi/
12. CloudCracker
CloudCracker is an online password cracking tool to crack WPA-protected Wi-Fi networks. This tool can also be used to crack various password hashes. Just upload the handshake file, enter the network name, and start the tool. This tool has a huge dictionary of about 300 million words to perform attacks.
Download CloudCracker: https://crack.sh/
13. Kali Linux Net Hunter
The tools mentioned so far are focused on desktop WiFi hacking. But the popularity of mobile devices has also led to the development of many hacking tools for smartphones and other similar devices.
Kali Linux Nethunter is an example of such an app. It is a completely open-source Android penetration platform designed to run on Nexus phones. In addition to Wi-Fi-focused tools, Nethunter also includes a complete Kali Linux toolset.
Download Kali-linux-nethunter: https://www.kali.org/kali-linux-nethunter/
14. AirSnort
AirSnort is free WiFi hacking software that captures packets and attempts to decrypt the keys. The monitoring is done in different modes and records enough packets to reliably decrypt the keys. It is a simple tool and supports both Windows and Linux platforms. Further development and maintenance of this tool has been discontinued but the old version can still be downloaded.
Download AirSnort: https://osdn.net/projects/sfnet_airsnort/downloads/airsnort/airsnort-0.2.6/airsnort-0.2.6.tar.gz/
Choose the right tool for Wi-Fi security testing.
Attempting to gain unauthorized access to a wireless network is illegal in most jurisdictions. If you want to practice with these tools, use a wireless network that you own or where you have the permission of the network owner.
Wireless monitoring and troubleshooting tools are basically meant for network administrators and programmers working on Wi-Fi-based software. These tools help when some of your systems face problems connecting to the network. They are also valuable for red teamers and penetration testers looking to exploit potential vulnerabilities.
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