Wifite v2 is now available

What's new in this version:

support for cracking WPS-encrypted networks (via reaver)
2 new WEP attacks
more accurate WPA handshake capture
various bug fixes

Version 2 does not include a GUI, so everything must be done at the command-line.

mention in the New York Times

Wifite was mentioned in the New York Times' article "New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users" from February 16, 2011. Here is a link to the article.

introduction

Designed and tested on Linux; works with Backtrack 5, BlackBuntu, BackBox, and Pentoo! Linux only; no windows or OSX support (but you're welcome to try).

purpose

To attack multiple WEP, WPA, and WPS encrypted networks in a row. This tool is customizable to be automated with only a few arguments. Wifite aims to be the "set it and forget it" wireless auditing tool.

features

sorts targets by signal strength (in dB); cracks closest access points first
automatically de-authenticates clients of hidden networks to reveal SSIDs
numerous filters to specify exactly what to attack (wep/wpa/both, above certain signal strengths, channels, etc)
customizable settings (timeouts, packets/sec, etc)
"anonymous" feature; changes MAC to a random address before attacking, then changes back when attacks are complete
all captured WPA handshakes are backed up to wifite.py's current directory
smart WPA de-authentication; cycles between all clients and broadcast deauths
stop any attack with Ctrl+C, with options to continue, move onto next target, skip to cracking, or exit
displays session summary at exit; shows any cracked keys
all passwords saved to cracked.txt
built-in updater: ./wifite.py -upgrade

requirements

linux operating system (confirmed working on Backtrack 5, BackBox, BlackBuntu, Pentoo, Ubuntu 8.10 (BT4R1), Ubuntu 10.04, Debian 6, Fedora 16)
tested working with python 2.6.x, and python 2.7.x,
wireless drivers patched for monitor mode and injection. Most security distributions (Backtrack, BlackBuntu, etc) come with wireless drivers pre-patched,
aircrack-ng (v1.1) suite: available via apt: apt-get install aircrack-ng or at the aircrack-ng website,

suggested applications

reaver, for attacking WPS-encrypted networks
pyrit, cowpatty, tshark: not required, but help verify WPA handshake captures

For help installing any of these programs, see the installation guide (hosted on github)

execution

download the latest version:

wget -O wifite.py http://wifite.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/wifite.py

change permissions to executable:

chmod +x wifite.py

execute:

python wifite.py

or, to see a list of commands with info:

./wifite.py -help

screenshots

successful WEP attack (after 90 seconds):

successful WPS attacks (after 17 hours):

examples

the program contains lots of interactivity (waits for user input). these command-line options are meant to make the program 100% automated -- no supervision required.

to crack all WEP access points:

./wifite.py -all -wep

to crack all WPS access points with signal strength greater than (or equal to) 50dB:

./wifite.py -p 50-wps

to attack all access points, use 'darkc0de.lst' for cracking WPA handshakes:

./wifite.py -all --dict /pentest/passwords/wordlists/darkc0de.lst

to attack all WPA access points, but do not try to crack -- any captured handshakes are saved automatically:

./wifite.py -all -wpa --dict none

to crack all WEP access points greater than 50dB in strength, giving 5 minutes for each WEP attack method, and send packets at 600 packets/sec:

./wifite.py --pow 50-wept 300-pps 600

to attempt to crack WEP-encrypted access point "2WIRE752" endlessly -- program will not stop until key is cracked or user interrrupts with ctrl+C):

./wifite.py -e "2WIRE752"-wept 0