derv82/wifite2
Rewrite of the popular wireless network auditor, "wifite"
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The project lists 14 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Automates wireless network auditing by running multiple known password retrieval attacks on Wi-Fi access points.
- Simplifies complex wireless auditing by orchestrating various tools and attacks with minimal user input and real-time feedback.
- Use for penetration testers needing an automated tool to audit Wi-Fi security on Kali Linux or ParrotSec.
- Use for security researchers analyzing vulnerabilities in WPS, WPA, and WEP protocols through multiple attack vectors.
- Use for educators demonstrating practical Wi-Fi security attacks and defenses with verbose command output for learning.
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License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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- README: present
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- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
This repo is a complete re-write of
wifite, a Python script for auditing wireless networks.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:
Run wifite, select your targets, and Wifite will automatically start trying to capture or crack the password.
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Forks
1.7K+51
Open issues
353+6
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