Airstrike is a tool that utilizes client-server architecture to automate the process of cracking WPA-2 Wi-Fi credentials.
Requirements
The Hashcat Brain Architecture, along with the aircrack-ng suite, entr utility, and various helper scripts, are utilized by Airstrike.
The install.sh script can be utilized to acquire all dependencies. However, if you’re on a Gentoo system, you’ll have to manually install hcxtools since they’re not accessible in their repositories, unless I missed something. Additionally, some lesser-known distros like Alpine do not include the hashcat package, but Nix can be used on those distros. All the required packages are available in nixpkgs.
To enter Nix-Shell with the required dependencies when using Nix/NixOS, you can use the following command:
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nix-shell -p hashcat hashcat-utils aircrack-ng entr hcxtools
Usage
To crack passwords, execute the aircrack_server.sh script on the specific machine. The aircrack_client.sh file generated by this script can run on any Linux host that is capable of connecting to the previously launched server. Once executed, the client automatically captures handshakes, establishes a connection with the server, and transmits the captured data.
The watcher.sh script prints out the password to the server terminal when it is successfully cracked by the server.
To use airstrike_client.sh, the only mandatory option flag is -w, which specifies the wordlist that the server should use. You can also specify the listening interface by using the -i flag, although if not specified, the current wireless interface will be selected automatically as the default.
Moreover, airstrike_client.sh is designed to intercept WPA-2 data indiscriminately, which implies that it has the ability to seize and decrypt passwords for all Wi-Fi networks within its range (whenever handshakes occur).
Navigation
Ctrl + S will send capturd assets (Wi-Fi hansdhakes in .hccapx form) to the server. Ctrl + I disaplays information about capture progress.
Above shortcuts can be used inside a running instance of airstrike_client.sh
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