Pixiewps is a tool written in C used to bruteforce offline the WPS PIN exploiting the low or non-existing entropy of some software implementations, the so-called "pixie-dust attack" discovered by Dominique Bongard in summer 2014. It is meant for educational purposes only.

As opposed to the traditional online brute-force attack, implemented in tools like Reaver or Bully which aim to recover the pin in a few hours, this method can get the PIN in only a matter of seconds or minutes, depending on the target, if vulnerable.

Since version 1.4, it can also recover the WPA-PSK from a complete passive capture (M1 through M7) for some devices (currently only some devices which work with --mode 3).

It all started as a project from the community, more details can be found here:

• https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?25018-Pixiewps-wps-pixie-dust-attack-tool
• https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?24286-WPS-Pixie-Dust-Attack-(Offline-WPS-Attack)

You can also visit the wiki.

apt-get -y install build-essential

• Prior versions of 1.2 require