Wifite runs existing wireless-auditing tools for you. Stop memorizing command arguments & switches.
Wifite is designed to use all known methods for retrieving the password of a wireless access point (router). These methods include:
- WPS: The Offline Pixie-Dust attack
- WPS: The Online Brute-Force PIN attack
- WPS: The Offline NULL PIN attack
- WPA: The WPA Handshake Capture + offline crack.
- WPA: The PMKID Hash Capture + offline crack.
- WEP: Various known attacks against WEP, including fragmentation, chop-chop, aireplay, etc.
- WIFI Signal jammer, block specific accesspoints or multiple. signal jamming only works for specific Atheros WiFi chipsets.
Run wifite, select your targets, and Wifite will automatically start trying to capture or crack the password.
Wifite is designed specifically for the latest version of Kali Linux. ParrotSec is also supported.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/kimocoder/wifite2
Support:
Developer: Christian
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Wifite is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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