Pixiewps, Reaver & Aircrack-ng Wireless Penetration Testing Tool Updates

Published

2015-05-04 00:00

Collected

2026-07-01 08:48

---
id: 112
title: "Pixiewps, Reaver & Aircrack-ng Wireless Penetration Testing Tool Updates"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/pixiewps-reaver-aircrack-ng-updates/"
published_at: "2015-05-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["kali-linux", "penetration-testing", "wireless-security", "wps", "aircrack-ng", "pixiewps"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/112"
lang: en
---

# Pixiewps, Reaver & Aircrack-ng Wireless Penetration Testing Tool Updates

## Summary

Kali ships major wireless tool updates: pixiewps enables the pixie dust attack to recover WPS WPA keys in seconds, while aircrack-ng 1.2 RC2 and Reaver change monitor-mode workflows.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2015-05-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/pixiewps-reaver-aircrack-ng-updates/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/112