Capturing and Cracking a WPA Handshake

In this blog, I’ll walk through how I captured a WPA 4-Way Handshake from a nearby access point and cracked the password offline, using a wireless adapter in monitor mode, a deauthentication attack, and a custom wordlist built from a vendor’s default password pattern. Prologue “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” — Elliot Alderson, Mr. Robot ...

September 9, 2026 · 9 min