WPA hacking

[buzzin]

Up until recently I had read that cracking WPA password were only able to be done by using a dictionary and brute forcing your way in, now the problem with that was that most dictionaries were useless and WPA soon became in my case, too hard to crack. But recently I've been reading about WPS which is on by default in most routers and is an 8 pin code that can bypass WPA was surprised that this was there all along, and yet it was just discovered. Anyone have any stories, success, or information to share using the WPS route? I'm really new at this so any details would be great

[a334jv2df]

https://www.google.com/search?q=wpa+...ient=firefox-a

[buzzin]

Originally Posted by a334jv2df

https://www.google.com/search?q=wpa+...ient=firefox-a

Idk if I'm reading the wrong article but from what I understood your showing me how to force a handshake so I can use a dictionary? If that's the case then this is was trying to avoid by cracking WPS

[tordude]

I've tried Reaver and wpscrack using multiple chipsets on around 15 different routers with no luck, although I've seen many people have successfully exploited the vulnerability.

I will probably give it another go this weekend when i go to my special spot (where i can pick up around 100 routers with my Alfa awus036nh).

[Rape_N_U]

Oh wow...i didnt know about this. I have a awus036nh also. Gonna give his a go in backtrack

[tordude]

I seem to have found a vulnerable router, it's a talktalk (probably a D-Link DSL-2680).
Working on hacking it now, I'm getting around 2% per hour, getting many timeout's but its going along fine so far, should have the WPA key within 50 hours.
I tried the following cards, some won't associate, others seem to be working OK, I'll get back to you within a couple of days on my progress.

Ralink rt2700e - rt2800pci WORKS
Belkin Wireless G USB - rt73usb WORKS
Netgear wireless N USB (atheros)- carl9170 Won't associate
Alfa awus036nh - rt2800usb Won't associate

I'm using Reaver 1.4, Backtrack 5 R2.

[tordude]

Got the WPA key in less than 20 hours, not too shabby .

[vovka351]

I can't figure out how to configure my Alfa AWUS036NEH, am I an idiot?

[tordude]

What do you mean by configure?.

[&Zenith]

Originally Posted by vovka351

I can't figure out how to configure my Alfa AWUS036NEH, am I an idiot?

Try typing in 192.173.1.1 to your browser. If it brings up a log in page, query Google for the default credentials for your router and/or ISP.

[LiquidIce]

Originally Posted by vovka351

I can't figure out how to configure my Alfa AWUS036NEH, am I an idiot?

What do you mean you can't configure it? It works right outta the box.

[scotchtape]

Originally Posted by vovka351

I can't figure out how to configure my Alfa AWUS036NEH, am I an idiot?

If i understand what your talking about... I think you need to change the name of the wireless interface in wicd network manager. Open a terminal (in bt5) and type airmon-ng, find the name of the card your using (eg. wlan0) and type that into the wireless interface in wicd's general preferences.

[taosun]

If you mean to configure it into monitor mode then it's:

airmon-ng start <yourcard>

or

ifconfig <yourcard> down
iwconfig <yourcard> mode monitor
ifconfig <yourcard> up


RTFM!

If that's not what you mean then I have no idea. Either way, RTFM!

p.s

RTFM!

[v0x]

I was messing around with reaver when it came out but kinda forgot about it. I don't really remember reaching any success with it though. Might be because of my wireless connector... It's a Hawking HWUG1, which means it should work (has the Ralink r73 chipset), but it never got anything on either of the two networks I tried. I guess neither had WPS enabled, but I kinda wonder because I figure that most people would take the easy setup route. In any case, it's high time to do some more research.