The most common WiFi cracking tools are:
- Aircrack-ng: A popular collection of tools for cracking WEP and WPA/WPA2 protocols. It enables capturing data packets, monitoring networks, and cracking weak passwords.
- Reaver: A powerful tool for recovering WPA/WPA2 passphrases by exploiting vulnerabilities in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol.
- Hashcat: An advanced password recovery tool that uses brute-force and dictionary attacks to crack hashed passwords, including those used in WiFi networks.
- Wifite: An automated wireless network auditing tool that uses tools like Aircrack-ng and Reaver to test WEP and WPA-encrypted wireless networks.
- Fluxion: A tool that sets up a series of attacks to deceive users into providing their WiFi passwords on a captive portal.
- Wifiphisher: A rogue access point framework that enables interception and manipulation of wireless communications through fake access points.
- Bettercap: A network attack and monitoring framework that can perform deauth attacks to capture the four-way handshake or create rogue access points.
- CoWPAtty: A tool designed for cracking WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK passwords using dictionary attacks.
These tools are commonly used by penetration testers and ethical hackers to assess the security of wireless networks. However, using them without permission is illegal in most jurisdictions[1].