reaver Alternatives

reaver is described as 'Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases. Reaver has been designed to be a robust and practical attack against WPS, and has been tested against a wide variety of access points and WPS' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to reaver for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad and Android apps. The best reaver alternative is Aircrack-ng, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like reaver are NetSpot, Wifite, Kismet and Fern Wifi Cracker.

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  1. Aircrack-ng icon

    Aircrack-ng

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    Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack...

    4 Aircrack-ng alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Fern Wifi Cracker
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    • Some users think Aircrack-ng is a great reaver alternative, some don't.

    • Aircrack-ng is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to reaver.

    • Aircrack-ng is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to reaver.

    • Aircrack-ng is Free and Open Sourcereaver is also Free and Open Source
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    NetSpot

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    NetSpot is a simple and accessible wireless survey tool, which allows collecting, visualizing and analyzing Wi-Fi data.

    47 NetSpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    Free WLAN Site Survey Software for Mac
     

    • NetSpot is the most popular Android, Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to reaver.

    • NetSpot is the most popular commercial alternative to reaver.

    • NetSpot is Paid and Proprietaryreaver is Free and Open Source
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    Wifite

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    Wifite is an automated wireless attack tool. Wifite was designed for use with pentesting distributions of Linux, such as Kali Linux, Pentoo, BackBox; any Linux distributions with wireless drivers patched for injection. The current version 2 is a complete re-write of the original.

    6 Wifite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    successful WEP attack (after 90 seconds)
     
  4. Kismet icon

    Kismet

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    Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and (with appropriate hardware) can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic.

    36 Kismet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. Fern Wifi Cracker icon

    Fern Wifi Cracker

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    Fern Wifi Cracker is a Wireless security auditing and attack software program written using the Python Programming Language and the Python Qt GUI library, the program is able to crack and recover WEP/WPA/WPS keys and also run other network based attacks on wireless or ethernet...

    5 Fern Wifi Cracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Aircrack-ng
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    • Fern Wifi Cracker is Freemium and Open Sourcereaver is Free and Open Source
  6. netsniff-ng icon

    netsniff-ng

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    netsniff-ng is a free, performant Linux networking toolkit. The gain of performance is reached by zero-copy mechanisms, so that on packet reception and transmission the kernel does not need to copy packets from kernel space to user space and vice versa.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Waircut

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    Wireless Air Cut is a WPS wireless, portable and free network audit software for Ms Windows. It is used to check the security of our WPS wireless networks and to detect possible security breaches.

    3 Waircut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  9. WiFi Scanner icon

    WiFi Scanner

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    A 802.11 wireless scanner and connection manager for Mac OS X. WiFi Scanner will detect access points and clients in ad-hoc mode if the SSID is being broadcasted. It can be used for wireless site surveys, wireless discovery, and to connect to WiFi networks.

    38 WiFi Scanner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    iwScanner

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    iwScanner is a wireless scanner for linux with an easy to use graphic interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    main interface
     
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    Airport Utility

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    Use AirPort Utility to manage your Wi-Fi network and AirPort base stations, including AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule — right from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. See a graphical overview of your Wi-Fi network and devices.

    48 Airport Utility alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. InsecureShop icon

    InsecureShop

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    InsecureShop is an Android application that is designed to be intentionally vulnerable. The application serves as a platform to test your Android pentesting skills. The vulnerabilities present in this app are real and have been found during mobile pentests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
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