Wireless

Aircrack-ng Suite

Wi-Fi auditing suite: capture, inject, crack WEP/WPA handshakes.

intermediate

Linux

Scanning

Exploitation

Authorized testing only. Practice on systems you own, isolated labs, or targets with written permission. Unauthorized access is illegal.

Only audit networks you own or have explicit written authorization for.

Authorized wireless assessments on networks you own or have permission to test.

airmon-ng → airodump-ng capture → aireplay deauth (if allowed) → aircrack-ng.

Canonical Wi-Fi security learning path.

Commands & usage

sudo airmon-ng start wlan0

sudo airodump-ng wlan0mon

sudo airodump-ng -c 6 --bssid AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF -w capture wlan0mon

sudo aireplay-ng -0 5 -a AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF wlan0mon

aircrack-ng -w rockyou.txt capture-01.cap

Commands are educational examples. Adapt hosts, paths, and rates to your authorized scope.

Wifite2

Automated wireless audit tool wrapping aircrack and related tools.

Kismet

Wireless network detector, sniffer, and IDS for 802.11 and more.

Reaver / Bully

WPS PIN attack tools against vulnerable access points.

hcxdumptool / hcxtools

Modern tools to capture WPA handshakes/PMKID for hashcat.