hcxdumptool is a tool to capture packets from WLAN devices and to discover potential weak points within own WiFi networks by running layer 2 attacks against the WPA protocol.
It’s designed to run (mostly headless) on small systems like a Raspberry Pi Zero.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool
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Developer: ZeroBeat
License: MIT License

hcxdumptool is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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