Kismet — Wireless Security | Tools

Description

Kismet is a wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (Wireless Intrusion Detection System). It works with WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and other protocols via SDR hardware.

Installation

                        BASH
                        
                            sudo apt install kismet

# From source (latest)
git clone https://github.com/kismetwireless/kismet
cd kismet && ./configure && make && sudo make install

Basic Usage

                        BASH
                        
                            # Start Kismet
sudo kismet

# Web UI: http://localhost:2501
# Username/password set on first run

# Specify interface
sudo kismet -c wlan0

# Multiple sources
sudo kismet -c wlan0 -c wlan1 -c hci0

Advanced Usage

                        BASH
                        
                            # Wardriving with GPS
sudo kismet -c wlan0 --override gps=gpsd:host=localhost,port=2947

# Remote capture (distributed)
kismet_cap_linux_wifi --connect localhost:3501 --source wlan0

# Export to WiGLE
kismet_log_to_wigle -i kismet-log.kismet -o wigle.csv

# Bluetooth scanning
sudo kismet -c hci0:type=linuxbluetooth

Common Workflows

                        BASH
                        
                            # Full wireless survey
sudo kismet -c wlan0 --log-types kismet,pcapng
# Browse results at http://localhost:2501
# Export: Devices, networks, packets, GPS data