How To Install wifiphisher on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifiphisher on Kali Linux. wifiphisher is Automated phishing attacks against Wi-Fi networks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifiphisher on Kali Linux.

What is wifiphisher

wifiphisher is:

This package contains a security tool that mounts automated phishing attacks against WiFi networks in order to obtain secret passphrases or other credentials. It is a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining credentials from captive portals and third party login pages or WPA/WPA2 secret passphrases.

There are three methods to install wifiphisher on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wifiphisher Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wifiphisher using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wifiphisher

Install wifiphisher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wifiphisher using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wifiphisher

Install wifiphisher Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wifiphisher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wifiphisher

How To Uninstall wifiphisher on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wifiphisher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wifiphisher

Uninstall wifiphisher And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wifiphisher and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wifiphisher

Remove wifiphisher Configurations and Data

To remove wifiphisher configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wifiphisher

Remove wifiphisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wifiphisher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wifiphisher

Dependencies

wifiphisher have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifiphisher package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.