Aircrack-ng – WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program

Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools. Aircrack-ng is […]

HowTo: Crack WPA with Backtrack 3

This is an easy to follow tutorial on how to crack a WPA encrypted password. This information should only be used for education purposes. Steps: airmon-ng stop wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger –mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng wlan0 airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) –bssid (bssid) wlan0 aireplay-ng -0 5 -a (bssid)wlan0 aircrack-ng […]

HowTo: Crack WEP with BackTrack 3

This is a tutorial on how to crack a wep encrypted password. This information should only be used for education purposes. Steps: airmon-ng stop wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger –mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng wlan0 airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) –bssid (bssid) wlan0 aireplay-ng -1 0 -a (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 aireplay-ng […]

Cracking WEP Using Backtrack: Beginner’s Guide

This tutorial is intended for user’s with little or no experience with Linux or wifi. BackTrack, from remote-exploit is a tool which makes it very easy to access any network secured by WEP encryption. This tutorial aims to guide you through the process of using it effectively. Required Tools You will need a computer with a wireless […]

Keeping Backtrack up-to-date

Updating & Upgrading Backtrack /usr/bin/apt-get -y update/usr/bin/apt-get -y upgrade To download and install all new updates, run apt­-get dist-­upgrade The first time you run the apt-get update, you may get an error “GPG error : http://ppa.launchpad.net intrpid Release: The following signatures couln’t be verified because the public key…” Quick fix : wget http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/public.gpgsudo apt-key add […]

Decrypting WPA with AirPcap in Windows

When AirPcap was first released, only WEP decryption was supported. However, with the release of Wireshark 0.99.5 it is possible to decrypt WPA packets with the AirPcap adapter in Windows. Here’s how: Install Wireshark Run Wireshark Go: View > Wireless Toolbar Click on “Decryption Keys…” Add a new decryption key. In my instance, because I […]

BackTrack 3 Final Tools

Information Gathering0trace 0.01 – http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/This tool enables the user to perform hop enumeration (“traceroute”) within an established TCP connection, such as a HTTP or SMTP session. This is opposed to sending stray packets, as traceroute-type tools usually do. The important benefit of using an established connection and matching TCP packets to send a TTL-based probe is […]