I have the fixes I discovered in another blog post for anyone else that may have these same problems. Originally I was using Fern in Kali and ran into some issues with my wireless adapter and with the program freezing or not opening after updating it. Very simple to use… scary easy! Fern also provides some extra functionality for hijacking sessions and locating a computers geolocation via its Mac address, but I have not tested with these features.įor this demo I will be using Backtrack 5 r3 running in VMware Workstation on a Win 7 host.

Fern basically takes the command line utilities to crack these networks and puts them in a GUI. This demo is for wireless pentesting educational purposes and to emphasize the insecurities of using a weak or common dictionary word for wireless network authentication and encryption security key or passphrase.įern Wi-fi Cracker can crack WEP, WPA, and WPA2 secured wireless networks. Before attempting to use Fern or any other utility in Kali or Backtrack please make sure to read the help and MAN pages for a complete description of the program options and switches. I will be using the Fern WiFi Cracker open source wireless security tool included in the Kali Linux and Backtrack 5 r3 security distros. The Program consequently checks for updates each time the program is ran, if the program finds a updates, it informs client with the message New Update is Available, in other to updates all you essentially need to do is tap on the updates button When the button is clicked, permit to download update records until the point that it shows the message Please Restart Application.Note: For this demo I’m using a lab environment network that is not routed to the internet. The source code for the program can be fetched using the following command on svn checkout Upgrading and Updating Installation Debian Package supported dpkg -i Fern-Wifi-Cracker_1.6_all.deb Bruteforce Attacks (HTTP,HTTPS,TELNET,FTP).Access Point MAC Address Geo Location Tracking.Session Hijacking (Passive and Ethernet Modes).Automatic saving of key in database on successful crack.

WPA/WPA2 Cracking with Dictionary or WPS based attacks.

WEP Cracking with Fragmentation,Chop-Chop, Caffe-Latte, Hirte, ARP Request Replay or WPS attack.

The accompanying conditions can be introduced utilizing the Debian bundle installer command on Debian based frameworks utilizing apt-get install program or generally downloaded and install manually. Operating System Supported The Software keeps running on any Linux machine with the programs requirements, But the program has been tried on the accompanying Linux based working frameworks:Įssentials The Program requires the accompanying to run appropriately:

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