π Wireless Security Testing
20 tools compared
π§ Tools in Wireless Security Testing
Acrylic Wi-Fi
A suite of Wi-Fi analysis tools for Windows, including a scanner, heatmapper, and protocol analyzer.
Burp Suite
A comprehensive platform for performing security testing of web applications.
Wireshark
A powerful, open-source network protocol analyzer used for troubleshooting, analysis, and security auditing.
Metasploit Framework
An open-source platform for developing, testing, and executing exploit code against remote targets.
Ekahau
A suite of professional hardware and software tools for Wi-Fi design, analysis, and troubleshooting.
NetAlly
A provider of handheld network testing tools for Wi-Fi and wired network analysis and troubleshooting.
Nessus
A leading vulnerability scanner used to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and malware across various assets.
inSSIDer
A Wi-Fi scanning tool for Windows and macOS that helps visualize and troubleshoot wireless networks.
OpenVAS
An open-source vulnerability scanning and management framework.
Aircrack-ng
An open-source command-line tool for Wi-Fi network security auditing and penetration testing.
Kismet
An open-source tool for detecting wireless networks, sniffing traffic, and identifying potential threats.
Wifite
A Python script that automates the process of attacking WEP, WPA, and WPS encrypted networks.
Reaver
An open-source tool that exploits a vulnerability in WPS to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases.
Fern Wifi Cracker
A GUI-based tool for wireless security auditing that simplifies attacks on WEP, WPA, and WPS.
Airgeddon
A menu-driven bash script that wraps numerous wireless security tools into a single, powerful interface.
Wifiphisher
A security tool that mounts automated phishing attacks against Wi-Fi networks to obtain credentials.
zANTI
A mobile application for Android that performs network security assessments.
Fluxion
A script that automates social engineering attacks to retrieve WPA/WPA2 keys.
Pyrit
A powerful open-source tool that specializes in cracking WPA/WPA2-PSK keys using GPU acceleration.
CoWPAtty
A classic command-line tool for running an offline dictionary attack against WPA/WPA2-PSK.