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Kismac

KisMAC is a free, open source wireless stumbling and security tool for Mac OS X.

Overview

  • Uses monitor mode and passive scanning
  • KisMAC supports many third party USB devices: Intersil Prism2, Ralink rt2570, rt73, and Realtek rtl8187 chipsets. All of the internal AirPort hardware is supported for scanning

Features

  • Reveals hidden / cloaked / closed SSIDs
  • Shows logged in clients (with MAC Addresses, IP addresses and signal strengths)
  • Mapping and GPS support
  • Can draw area maps of network coverage
  • PCAP import and export
  • Support for 802.11b/g
  • Different attacks against encrypted networks
  • De-authentication attacks
  • AppleScript-able
  • Kismet drone support (capture from a Kismet drone)

Supported hardware chipsets

  • Apple AirPort and AirPort Extreme (dependent upon Apple's drivers)
  • Intersil Prism 2, 2.5, 3 USB devices
  • Ralink rt2570 and rt73 USB devices
  • Realtek RTL8187L USB (such as the Alfa AWUS036H, which does not work on Mac OS 10.6.7 or later)

Crypto support

  • Bruteforce attacks against LEAP, WPA and WEP
  • Weak scheduling attack against WEP
  • Newsham 21-bit attack against WEP