How to Hack Wifi Password with Fern Wifi Cracker

Fern Wifi Cracker is a Wireless security auditing tool written using the Python Programming Language. This program is able to crack and recover WEP/WPA/WPS keys and run other network-based attacks on wireless or ethernet based networks. This is one of the best GUI based wifi crackers for Linux available in the market today. So by popular demand, we are going to see how to hack wifi using FERN wifi cracker on Kali Linux.

Fern comes preinstalled in the Kali Linux. It is also automatically updated when kali is updated.

To open fern wifi cracker go to Applications and then to Wireless attack and then click on fern wifi cracker as shown in the image below:

Step 1: Select the right interface. The drop-down menu will show you the working interfaces.

Step 2: Searching for Access Points:

 Click on “Scan for Access Points”.You need to wait until it shows the “Active” status. Now it will start scanning for wifi networks

 Step 3: You will see the detected wifi networks To show all the possible wifi networks in the vicinity. These networks will be automatically sorted by type. 

Step 4: Let’s try Hacking WPA/WPA2 security-based wifi networks. As you can see in the image below, specific networks were detected. Depending on the type of security on the network, we can try various attacks.

Step 5: Select the wifi network that you wish to hack and pentest with fern wifi cracker.

 Step 6: Click on “Browse” option at the bottom, as shown in the image and select the wordlist to brute force the wifi network.

Step 7. Click on the Attack button and wait until the attack starts. The attack icon is as shown below:

Fern wifi cracker will automatically begin the best attacks on the network. When it captures a handshake file, and it will begin performing a brute force attack on the handshake file.   Step 8. If you have read my previous articles on Bruteforce, you know that itis a process of trial and error. Depending on the security and complexity of the password, the time taken to crack the password will vary. It will also vary depending on the hardware used. Step 9. Once the attack succeeds, you can see the passwords in “Key Database.”

Step 10. Once the hack is successful, you can view the password in the key database whenever you want. As shown in the image below:

 Congratulations you have learned how to hack any wifi with fern wifi cracker with these easy steps. With the help of this tool, you can probably hack most wifi networks used today.  

How do I protect my wifi network from this attack?

• Enable mac address filtering so that only valid devices are connected to the network.
• Update firmware so any vulnerabilities present in the routers get fixed as well.
• Use a strong and complicated password.
• Disable WPS pin option so that hackers cannot exploit it

Commonly asked questions about hacking wifi with fern wifi cracker:

While hacking and pentesting wifi networks, the following questions might come into your mind:

Q1. It is not working on my pc. What do I do?

Make sure you have an internal wifi card. Desktops do not always have them, so this hack is good for laptops and portable devices. So that is what I will recommend. This only works on Linux distro. Kali Linux is recommended

Q2. Does the hacking world provide customer support for this software?

No, we do not provide any support for this software. This is an open-source tool we reviewed.

Q3. Can I hack wifi without WPS?

Yes, you can with other attacks. WPS is the best and fastest method. However, that is not the only method so you can always try phishing and other attacks.

Q.4 Can I use an external usb adapter for this hack?

Of course, you can. You can use both external and internal wireless adapters for hacking wifi with fern wifi cracker.

Congratulations you have successfully learned how to hack wifi using kali Linux and fern wifi cracker. If you have any issues then kindly mention them in the comment section.