A WiFi cracker is a software tool or program that is designed to exploit vulnerabilities in wireless networks and gain unauthorized access to them.
It is commonly used by security professionals and hackers for testing the security of WiFi networks.
A WiFi cracker typically works by attempting to guess or crack the password of a WiFi network.
It utilizes various techniques such as brute-force attacks, dictionary attacks, or leveraging known vulnerabilities in WiFi protocols (such as WEP or WPA/WPA2) to gain access to the network.
Cracking a WiFi Password is fun and accessing free internet every day is enjoyable. Fern Wifi-cracker provides the GUI for cracking wireless encryption. It comes inbuilt with Kali Linux.
Also Read: Top 5 Best WiFi Hacking Apps For Android
Setting up Lab:
- Before start cracking wifi-passwords They run on a PC, we will set up our lab to crack neighbors’ wifi passwords.
- Select the appropriate wireless adapter, Above shown figure shows Wlan0 is my Interface which is in Monitor mode.
- Tap anywhere on the fern window and enable the Xterms, which will scan all channels.
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Scan for Access Points:
- Click Scan for the Access point, so Fern will discover WEP & WPA Access points around your environment.
- So above figure shows WPA access point is detected, click on the Detected Access points.
Targeting victim:
- Select the target Access point, in which we are going to perform and crack the wifi passwords.
- Browse for the Dictionary file path in, Above figure, now I have imported a .txt file that contains possible word lists to crack the Access points.
Cracking Access Point:
- Now you are ready to exploit your neighbor’s wifi, It will take several minutes to hours for successful handshake capture.
- Fern-wifi-Cracker will do whatever you want, sit and relax.
- Fern-wifi-cracker will Deautheticate clients associated with the Access point, then it will capture the 4-way Handshake.
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Handshake & Bruteforce:
- After a successful 4-way Handshake is captured, brute force will be automated with the Dictionary file.
- We have successfully cracked Neighbour’s wifi-password, WPAKEY: Ad*****.
How to hack a WiFi password easily in less than 2 min?
It is binding the number of times that we find a WiFi network without being able to connect to it, especially because of the security key.
Fortunately, a hacker group has developed a small application that can crack the security code of any WiFi network from a smartphone, a computer, or a tablet!
PASS WIFI is really easy to use. Once you have downloaded the application, run it and it will scan and decrypt absolutely all security pin codes.
It could be WEP, WPA, or WPA3 encrypted, it doesn’t matter, PASS WIFI hacks any key of all networks. In less than 2 minutes, you have access to the Internet for free and anonymously!
Tips for Cracking WiFi Password :
- To make the Cracking WiFi Password attack successful, Users are advised to buy High Gain USB Wireless Long-Rang Adapter.
- If you use Low-cost Wifi adapters, the Handshake capture process will be hours to a day. So this will be a drawback to cracking wifi passwords with low-cost adapters.
countermeasures:
- Use a strong password with all combinations of numbers, special characters, and upper and lower case alphabets.
- Do not use any dictionary words in your wifi passwords. Examples of strong passwords: ‘eBaPLaYHc~dS*)8$+V-‘
- Whitelist the Mac address, so that the attack may be successful to crack your password but the wifi router will block the attacker since Mac is not registered.
Fern wifi-cracker is free to download and easy to use, it comes inbuilt with kali linux distribution.
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