FRHACK OS is an updated/modified version of the latest BackTrack 4 ISO with many updated tools and fixes.
This means it’s a fully fledged linux pen-testing/security environment.

Some included tools & Updates

gcc-4.2
sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
spoonwep-wpa-rc3.deb
airsnort-0.2.7e.tar.gz
wepbuster-1.0_beta_0.6
jbrofuzz-jar-15
wfuzz-1.4
tor-0.2.1.19
privoxy-3.0.8-stable-src
ophcrack-3.3.1
vncrack_src-1.21
fuzzgrind_090622

A new version (coming with bug fixes, included rainbow tables, wordlists, extras etc.) will be available for FRHACK 01, [...]

WEPBuster basically seems to be a toolkit that attempts to automate the tasks done by the various parts of the aircrack-ng suite.

The end goal of course is to crack the WEP key of a given Wireless network.
Features
The main part of this is the autonomous nature of the toolkit, it can crack all access points within [...]

I found an interesting article today which sums up most of the acryonyms involved in wireless networks and wireless security and explain them all in brief.
It may clear things up for some people who get overwhelmed by all the jargon, especially with the recent news hitting the mainstream about WPA being partially cracked.

Users have every [...]

Well WEP came down long ago, it was only a matter of time before the standard that succeeded it fell too – WPA. The big news last week was that WPA has been cracked finally, it’ll be discussed this week at the PacSec Conference.
After the insecurity of WEP was exposed the majority of routers and [...]

Another one from the old school, this tool has been around forever since way before wardriving was fashionable and when people still used pringles cans for antenna boosting.
It’s a favourite amongst Windows users, although it can’t do any real hacking (like breaking a WEP key) – it’s extremely fast and effecient in the detection of [...]

A tool which allows one to hijack HTTP connections to steal cookies – even ones on HTTPS sites! Works on both Wifi (monitor mode) and Ethernet.
Features:

Does Wireless injection when the NIC is in monitor mode

Supports Ethernet

Support for WEP (when the NIC is in monitor mode)

Known issues:

Sometimes the victim is not redirected correctly (particularly seen when [...]

This one is of interest to me as I do actually use Twitter as a microblogging service and to keep up with what various friends are up to.
It’s quite an interesting wep app especially paired with something like Twitterfox in your browser and Twibble in your mobile phone.
It must have made it big now though [...]

If you don’t know, BackTrack is a top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes.
Back in January we mentioned the BackTrack Live Hacking CD BETA 3 was released, at last the final version is [...]

WifiZoo is a tool to gather wifi information passively. It is created to be helpful in wifi pentesting and was inspired by ‘Ferret‘ from Errata Security.

The tool is intended to get all possible info from open wifi networks (and possibly encrypted also in the future, at least with WEP) without joining any network, and covering [...]

After nearly 10 years of developement Wireshark (formely known as Ethereal) has finally reached version 1!
For those that don’t know, Wireshark is the world’s foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
Wireshark development thrives thanks to the contributions of networking experts across the [...]