Aircrack-ng Wpa Wordlist Download
In this method we will be using both crunch and aircrack-ng inside Kali Linux to brute-force WPA2 passwords. But before we proceed let me quickly introduce you to our tools: crunch - is a wordlist generator from a character set. Aircrack-ng - a 802.11 WEP / WPA-PSK key cracker. If you are planning to pentest a WPA/WPA2 network (with No WPS), I have two words for you: Good. In all my experiments with penetration testing, I have found dictionary attacks on WPA/WPA2 handshakes to be the most annoying and futile exercises. But actually hacking wifi practically is much easier with a good wordlist. But this world list is of no use until we don’t have any idea of how to actually use that word list in order to crack a hash. And before cracking the hash we actually need to generate it. So, below are those steps along with some good wordlists to crack a WPA/WPA2 wifi. Password dictionary or a wordlist is a collection of passwords that are stored in the form of plain text. It is usually a text file that carries a bunch of passwords within it. We are sharing with you Passwords list and Wordlists for Kali Linux to download. We have also included WPA and WPA2 word list dictionaries download.
Some of you may already know that brute-forcing a WPA2 password takes a very long time but I'm going to show you one of the ways to do this and how this technique can be useful in actual pentesting.
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In this method we will be using both crunch and aircrack-ng inside Kali Linux to brute-force WPA2 passwords. /android-44-4-kitkat-download-for-pc.html. But before we proceed let me quickly introduce you to our tools:
crunch - is a wordlist generator from a character set.
aircrack-ng - a 802.11 WEP / WPA-PSK key cracker.
I assume you already have aircrack-ng installed on your system and you already have a captured handshake ready for offline cracking. If not, I will post another article soon on how to use aircrack-ng to capture WPA2 handshakes.
For now let's get started and open a terminal!
If you don't have crunch yet you can install it by typing:
It usually takes crunch a long time to create a wordlist and consumes a lot of disk space too if you choose to save the wordlist to your hard drive. Therefore, this technique can only be useful if somehow you already have an idea of what the password pattern is. The default wifi passwords of modem/routers provided by ISP's for example can be a target.
Let's say that after your research you figured out that the default wifi password is an 8 digit number that always starts with the number 7. From that information we can now create a wordlist using crunch and deliver the output directly to aircrack-ng without writing the file to the hard drive.
This can be done using pipes:
The first command above (the one before the pipe) means that we'll create a wordlist using crunch with a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 8 characters (since we know that the password always use 8 digits) using only numbers 0 to 9. The '-s' also tells crunch to start the list from 70000000.
We can then use pipes to make the standard output (stdout) of the first command to be the standard input (stdin) of the second command. Thus, whatever output crunch generates will be used by aircrack-ng as the wordlist.
In the second command, the '-w -' tells aircrack-ng to use the wordlist from stdin (that's what the dash means). The '-b' is used to specify the bssid of the targer router (AA:BB:CC:DD:00:11) and the last parameter (/path/to/handshake.cap) is the absolute path to the captured WPA2 handshake. You can also use a relative path depending on your current working directory.
Now the cracking process may take a while depending on your processor speed but I believe it is possible to crack that password pattern within a few seconds to a couple of hours.
In my next articles I will show you how you can create rules with crunch even with complicated patterns such as passwords with common words inside.
How to Protect Your Network from Brute-force Attacks:
- You must always change the default password of your modem/routers provided by your ISP's after installation.
- Choose a strong password by using a combination of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters.
- The longer the password, the better. (I recommend at least 12 digits)
- Change your password every once in a while.
Failure to do so may lead to serious security risks. If someone gains access to your network, they can easily sniff your traffic and obtain sensitive information. Attackers can also use your connection for malicious purposes and put the blame on you.
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Aircrack-ng is a tool that comes pre-installed in Kali Linux and is used for wifi network security and hacking. Aircrack is an all in one packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2 cracker, analyzing tool and a hash capturing tool. It is a tool used for wifi hacking. It helps in capturing the package and reading the hashes out of them and even cracking those hashes by various attacks like dictionary attacks. It supports almost all the latest wireless interfaces.
It mainly focuses on 4 areas:
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- Monitoring: Captures cap, packet, or hash files.
- Attacking: Performs deauthentication or creates fake access points
- Testing: Checking the wifi cards or driver capabilities
- Cracking: Various security standards like WEP or WPA PSK.
Working with aircrack-ng
1. To list all network interfaces.
This command will return all the network interfaces available or connected to the system.
2. Stopping the desired network interface.
To stop a network interface enter the above command and replace “wlan0” with the desired network interface.
3. Starting a network interface at a specific channel.
To start a network interface at a specific channel enter the above command and replace “wlan0” with the desired network interface and 10 with the desired channel name.
4. Collecting authentication handshake
To collect the authentication handshake enter the above command in terminal and replace “wlan0” with the desired network interface and 10 with the desired channel name and bssid with the bssid of the wifi.
5. Cracking the captured handshake file by means of a wordlist
To run a brute force attack and to crack the password enter the above command in the terminal and replace “wordlist” with the desired wordlist to be used and “wpa.cap” with the desired handshake filename.
6. To get the help section of the tool
The above command will display the help section of the aircrack-ng command.
Aircrack Wpa Wordlist
7. To display the # of CPUs and SIMD support
The above command will display the details of the hash of CPUs and SIMD support.
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