Newest version available on GitHub

Get the latest version at github.com/derv82/wifite

What's new in this version: * support for cracking WPS-encrypted networks (via reaver) * 2 new WEP attacks * more accurate WPA handshake capture * various bug fixes

Version 2 does not include a GUI, so everything must be done at the command-line.

Mention in the New York Times

Wifite was mentioned in the New York Times' article "New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users" from February 16, 2011. Here is a link to the article.

Introduction

Designed and tested on Linux; works with Backtrack 5, BlackBuntu, BackBox, and Pentoo! Linux only; no windows or OSX support (but you're welcome to try).

Purpose

To attack multiple WEP, WPA, and WPS encrypted networks in a row. This tool is customizable to be automated with only a few arguments. Wifite aims to be the "set it and forget it" wireless auditing tool.

Features

• sorts targets by signal strength (in dB); cracks closest access points first
• automatically de-authenticates clients of hidden networks to reveal SSIDs
• numerous filters to specify exactly what to attack (wep/wpa/both, above certain signal strengths, channels, etc)
• customizable settings (timeouts, packets/sec, etc)
• "anonymous" feature; changes MAC to a random address before attacking, then changes back when attacks are complete
• all captured WPA handshakes are backed up to wifite.py's current directory
• smart WPA de-authentication; cycles between all clients and broadcast deauths
• stop any attack with Ctrl+C, with options to continue, move onto next target, skip to cracking, or exit
• displays session summary at exit; shows any cracked keys
• all passwords saved to cracked.txt
• built-in updater: ./wifite.py -upgrade

Requirements

• linux operating system (confirmed working on Backtrack 5, BackBox, BlackBuntu, Pentoo, Ubuntu 8.10 (BT4R1), Ubuntu 10.04, Debian 6, Fedora 16)
• tested working with python 2.6.x, and python 2.7.x,
• wireless drivers patched for monitor mode and injection. Most security distributions (Backtrack, BlackBuntu, etc) come with wireless drivers pre-patched,
• aircrack-ng (v1.1) suite: available via apt: apt-get install aircrack-ng or at the aircrack-ng website,

Suggested applications

• reaver, for attacking WPS-encrypted networks
• pyrit, cowpatty, tshark: not required, but help verify WPA handshake captures

For help installing any of these programs, see the installation guide (hosted on github)

Execution

download the latest version: wget -O wifite.py https://github.com/derv82/wifite/raw/master/wifite.py change permissions to executable: chmod +x wifite.py execute: python wifite.py or, to see a list of commands with info: ./wifite.py -help

Screenshots

successful WEP attack (after 90 seconds):

successful WPS attacks (after 17 hours):

Video Tutorial

(tutorial is for v1 of wifite.)

capturing WPA handshake using Wifite (and then cracking with oclHashCat).

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video credit: Maurizio Schmidt

Examples

the program contains lots of interactivity (waits for user input). these command-line options are meant to make the program 100% automated -- no supervision required.

to crack all WEP access points: ./wifite.py -all -wep

to crack all WPS access points with signal strength greater than (or equal to) 50dB: ./wifite.py -p 50 -wps

to attack all access points, use 'darkc0de.lst' for cracking WPA handshakes: ./wifite.py -all --dict /pentest/passwords/wordlists/darkc0de.lst to attack all WPA access points, but do not try to crack -- any captured handshakes are saved automatically: ./wifite.py -all -wpa --dict none

to crack all WEP access points greater than 50dB in strength, giving 5 minutes for each WEP attack method, and send packets at 600 packets/sec: ./wifite.py --pow 50 -wept 300 -pps 600

to attempt to crack WEP-encrypted access point "2WIRE752" endlessly -- program will not stop until key is cracked or user interrrupts with ctrl+C): ./wifite.py -e "2WIRE752" -wept 0

Donations

If you wish to donate to this project, I ask that you donate instead to the aircrack-ng team or you could buy something from Tactical Network Solutions. These are the teams which produced the awesome open-source software that wifite depends on. Wifite would not exist if not for these amazing tools.