Introduction

Map the wireless landscape with Wardriving!

What is Wardriving? #

Wardriving is a reconaissance technique that involves driving around while scanning for wireless devices. It’s one of the quickest ways to gather intelligence on large amounts of WiFi networks and smart devices!

By combining wireless & GPS data, you can create maps that let you easily locate where vulnerable networks were spotted.

Use Cases #

You can use WiFi reconaissance & wardriving for hunting down lost devices, creating interesting visualizations, and so much more! These are a couple examples:

CreepDetector #

In 2018 Alex created the CreepDetector, a project that uses wardriving to detect if someone is stalking you! By looking for the presence of a WiFi device following you along a

DNS DriveBy #

Wigle.net is a testament to the power of crowdsourcing. Millions of contributions to this open-source database of networks

Notable Projects #

Getting Started #

If you want to try wardriving, all you need is a WiFi & GPS enabled device!

An Android phone with Wigle will suffice for sniffing networks, but has limitations when it comes to picking up client devices & capturing WiFi recon. This is where your CutieCat shines! Keep reading to see what hardware you need.