PT0-002 · Question #296
Which of the following tools would BEST allow a penetration tester to capture wireless handshakes to reveal a Wi-Fi password from a Windows machine?
The correct answer is D. Aircrack-ng. Aircrack-ng is a comprehensive wireless security auditing suite that includes tools specifically designed to capture WPA/WPA2 four-way handshakes (using airodump-ng) and then crack the pre-shared key offline using dictionary or brute-force attacks. It supports Windows via…
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Which of the following tools would BEST allow a penetration tester to capture wireless handshakes to reveal a Wi-Fi password from a Windows machine?
Options
- AWireshark
- BEAPHammer
- CKismet
- DAircrack-ng
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(28 responses)- B4% (1)
- D96% (27)
Explanation
Aircrack-ng is a comprehensive wireless security auditing suite that includes tools specifically designed to capture WPA/WPA2 four-way handshakes (using airodump-ng) and then crack the pre-shared key offline using dictionary or brute-force attacks. It supports Windows via adapters with compatible drivers. Wireshark can passively capture wireless frames but lacks the built-in capability to deauthenticate clients, capture handshakes, and crack passwords. EAPHammer targets WPA2-Enterprise (802.1X) environments, not personal Wi-Fi. Kismet is a passive wireless detector and sniffer but is not designed for handshake capture and password cracking.
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