2017’s Top 12 WiFi Hacking Apps For Android

2017’s Top 12 WiFi Hacking Apps For Android  

1. aircrack-ng

For testing network security and making sure that you’ve got tools to protect yourself–you need a real WiFi hacking app for Android. Apart from letting you learn the nuances of WiFi hacking, such an app will make sure that you’ve got yourself covered. Popular security tool aircrack-ng is one such tool, which has been ported to Android by many Android developers and security enthusiasts. Running aircrack-ng on Android isn’t much of an issue, but the difficult part is having a WiFi chipset that supports monitor mode.

2. WPA WPS Tester

WPA WPS Tester Android app is one of the most popular WiFi password hacker tools, which was developed with an intention to scan the WiFi networks for vulnerabilities. This notorious hacking app is known for its ability to breaking the security. This app tests the connection to Access Points with WPS PIN, which are calculated using various algorithms like Zhao, Blink, Asus, Arris, etc. This app needs Android 4.0 and up for running.

3. Kali Linux Nethunter

Almost all of you must be knowing about Kali Linux, the best operating system for ethical hacking purposes. From their makers, Offensive Security, the Kali Linux Nethunter is the first open source Android penetration testing platform. Using this hacking Android app, you need to launch Kali’s Wifite tool to go ahead with the process. Nethunter’s configuration interface lets you take care of the complex configuration files. Its custom kernel, which supports 802.11 wireless injection, makes Kali Nethunter a must have Android hacking tool.

4. Zanti

Zanti, from the house of Zimperium, is a widely popular hacking app that allows the security managers to analyze the risk levels in a network. This easy to use mobile penetration toolkit can be used for WiFi network assessment and penetration. Its WiFi scanner shows the access points with known default key configuration in green. You can also use the app to kill connections to prevent the target to access any website or server. By mirroring such methods used by cyber attackers, you can identify the holes in your network and make amends.

5. Reaver

Reaver for Android, also called short RfA, is a WiFi password hacker app that’s a simple-to-use Reaver-GUI for Android smartphones. Shipping with the monitor-mode support that can be activated and deactivated anytime, Reaver detects WPS-enabled wireless routers on its own. With its GUI, all the Reaver settings are available. This WiFi hacking app launches a brute force attack against WPS registrar PINs and recovers the WPA/WPA2 passphrases. Tested on a wide variety of devices, Reaver is able to get the target AP’s plain text WPA/WPA2 passphrase in 2-5 hours. Last but not the least, Reaver for Android also supports external scripts.

6. Penetrate Pro

Penetrate Pro is a simple tool that has the potential to take care of your WiFi analysis needs. It requires rooting to work and scanning the WiFi networks available around. It works with different kinds of routers and calculates WEP/WPA keys.

7. Nmap

Nmap for Android is a useful app to hack WiFi and taking a look into available hosts, services, packets, firewalls, etc. Nmap for Android is useful for both rooted and non-rooted Android devices. However, non-rooted users don’t get to use advanced features like SYN scan and OS fingerprinting. The developers of this WiFi hacker app have shared the already compiled binary versions of Nmap with OpenSSL support. Nmap is also available on other platforms like Windows, Linux, etc.

8. WiFi Kill

For most of the ethical hackers out there, WiFi Kill is one of the WiFi hacking apps that really work. As its name suggests, WiFi Kill is an application that lets you disable the internet connection of a device. With a simple interface, you can use WiFi Kill to get rid of the unnecessary users on the network. Its other features include showing the traffic used by a device, the network names, and grabbing the traffic of websites visited by other devices. Please note that WiFi Kill hacker app needs root access for functioning. When you fire the app, after scanning the network it shows different users connected. You can simply use the kill button to end the internet connectivity.

9. WPS Connect

WPS Connect is a popular WiFi hacking app for Android smartphones which you can install and start playing with the WiFi networks of the surroundings. Working on a rooted Android device, this application helps you disable other user’s internet connection. Its creator says that WPS Connect is primarily intended to use for verifying if your WiFi router is secure. Apart from default PINs, WPS Connect also includes algorithms like Zhao Chesung (ComputePIN) or Stefan Viehböck (easyboxPIN). Please note that this WiFi hacking app for Android works with Android 4.0 or higher.

10. WIBR+

WIBR+ was created to test the security and integrity of WiFi networks. By using Bruteforce and dictionary attacks, this app answers your “how to hack WiFi” questions. Moreover, WIBR+ app for cracking WiFi passwords also lets you use custom dictionaries. Depending upon your priority and network, you can select different options–lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and special characters–for performing the attack. Depending upon your password strength, WIBR takes time and cracks the password.

11. Netspoof

Whenever we start any discussion on how to sniff someone’s WiFi using Android devices, the mention of Netspoof, or NetwoSpoofer, comes very soon. It’s a WiFi hacker app that lets you play with websites on other people’s devices using your smartphone. Licensed under GNU GPNv3, this mobile application runs on rooted devices with ease. You can also use a custom firmware like CynogenMod to use this app. Some of the major features of this app are redirecting websites to other pages, deleting random words from websites, changing all pictures to troll face, etc.’

12. WiFi Analyzer (a prank app)

WiFi Analyzer isn’t exactly a WiFi hacker app for Android, it’s a prank app. I thought it would be a good idea to end this list of WiFi hacking apps with an app that lets you pretend as if you’ve broken into your friend’s WiFi and gained access. It has a very professional look and a WiFi scanner that detects all WiFi hotspots nearly. So, if you’re simply interested in fooling your friends, give this a try.