wifite – Mass Wifi WEP / WPA Key Cracking Tool

wifite is created to attack multiple WEP and WPA encrypted networks at the same time. This tool is customizable to be automated with only a few arguments and can be trusted to run without supervision.

It’s a great tool to script into part of a toolkit for Wifi security assessments and is a handy wifi wep key cracker.

The biggest change from version 1 is support for “reaver”, a Wifi-Protected Setup (WPS) attack tool. Reaver can compromise the PIN and PSK for many routers that have WPS enabled, usually within hours.

Features of wifite

• sorts targets by power (in dB); cracks closest access points first
• all WPA handshakes are backed up (to the working directory)
• mid-attack options: stop during attack with Ctrl+C to use (continue, move onto next target, skip to cracking, exit)
• numerous filters to specify exactly what to attack (wep/wpa/both, above certain signal strengths, channels, etc)
• very customizable settings (timeouts, packets/sec, etc)
• SKA support (untested)
• finds devices in monitor mode; if none are found, prompts for selection
• all passwords saved to log.txt
• switching WEP attacks does not reset IVS
• displays session summary at exit; shows any cracked keys

Similar WiFi cracking tools would be:

– Infernal Twin – Automated Wireless Hacking Suite
– FruityWifi – Wireless Network Auditing Tool
– wifite – Mass Wifi WEP/WPA Key Cracking Tool
– Kismet – Wireless Network Hacking, Sniffing & Monitoring

You can download wifite automated wireless attack tool here:

wifite.py

Or read more here.