You need to know that dictionary based attacks needs a good dictionary, otherwise this kind of attacks are generally innefective as not everybody uses only numbers as passwords and that's precisely one of the goals of this article: you can warn clients, friends etc. This is just a tutorial with educational purposes that shows how to execute dictionary attacks to a normal Wi-Fi network easily with Kali Linux and Aircrack. You won't magically have free Wi-Fi for the rest of your life, if that's what you're looking for. What's a dictionary attackĪ dictionary attack is a method that consists of breaking into a password-protected computer or server (in this case a Wi-Fi network) by systematically entering every word in a dictionary as a password.
In this tutorial you will learn how to perform a very simple dictionary attack to a Wi-Fi network using Aircrack in Kali Linux. Our intention is to comply with any and all applicable laws. The information on this site is intended to be used for legal and ethical purposes like research, education, journalism and educating the public.