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DESCRIPTION
KisMAC is an open-source and free WiFi stumbler/scanner application for Mac OS X. It has an advantage over MacStumbler/iStumbler/NetStumbler in that it uses monitor mode and passive scanning.

KisMAC supports several third party USB cards - USB Prism2, and USB Ralink support. All of the internal AirPort Extreme hardware is supported as well.

Please note: This program is not intended for novices but for professional users. Take this as your warning, you should be prepared for advanced topics and know what you are doing with your system.

Features:

  • Reveals hidden/cloaked/closed SSIDs
  • Shows logged in Clients (with MAC Addresses, IP addresses and signal strengths)
  • Mapping and GPS support
  • Can draw area maps of network coverage
  • PCAP import and export
  • Support for 802.11b/g
  • Different attacks against encrypted networks
  • Deauthentication attacks
  • AppleScript-able
  • Kismet drone support (capture from a Kismet drone)
Supported hardware chipsets:
  • Apple AirPort Extreme
  • Ralink rt2570 and rt73 USB devices
Crypto support:
  • Bruteforce attacks against LEAP, WPA and WEP
  • Weak scheduling attack against WEP
  • Newsham 21-bit attack against WEP
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.3:
  • Update for 10.6 and remove obsolete components
  • New passive Airport Extreme driver
  • New active Airport Extreme driver
  • Improve WPA2 Detection
  • Change crash reporter destination
  • Automatic update should now work for the next version
  • Various crash fixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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Developer:The KisMAC Project
Downloads:363,007
  - Version d/l:24,070
Utilities:Network
License:Free
Date:08 Dec 2009
Platform:Intel
RATING
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KisMAC User Reviews (49 posts)Write A Review
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Sep 11 2009

FRED_ALSO  I think Snow Leopard broke this and the other scanners. In preferences, I select AirPort card in active or passive mode and get an error that the drivers can't be loaded.

After I click the OK button about 10 times I get the following message.

"KisMAC was able to load the driver backend for Airport Card, but it was unable to create an interface. Make sure your capture device is properly plugged in. If you think everything is correct, you can try to restart your computer. Maybe your console.log and system.log show more details."

Help!!  
(Version 0.2.99)

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Dec 29 2009

IMPISH500  Depending on which mac and airport card it has, try using the Airport Extreme Card chosen in the preferences of kisMac.  
(Version 0.3)

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Nov 10 2008

TAS50  This version has much better support for passive mode on the airport extreme cards in the Macbooks and Macbook Pros. If you want to see the full change log you have to got to the website and look at the commits in track from the current revision to the previous revision. It's a lot of small stuff and a ton of crashers.  
(Version r319)

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Nov 4 2008

PZOCO  Can anyone tell me if it works with the new macs?  
(Version r318)

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Oct 27 2008

DOOBIEXX  Awesome to see this project under development again! The only true gui for testing wireless network's. If you can't get kismac to work properly then check their support forums' which are filled with info. Your second best option for testing wireless networks is honestly switching out of os x and load a virtual machine with Backtrack 3, and have access to every "test" tool imagined, but for OS X, kismac is the one and only with a gui. If your good with command lines get aircrack-ng through darwin ports and use that.  
(Version r318)

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Jun 29 2008

SMOKEONIT  kismac still doesn't work with the broadcom 4321 802.11n wireless card!

no go for me!  
(Version r273)

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Apr 12 2008

WINEXPRT  I have a brand new MacBook (black) and whenever I try and start a scan I get the error code: "Could not instantiate Driver.

KisMAC has not been able to load the driver (Apple Airport card, passive mode."

What do I need to do? Can someone please help?  
(Version r242)

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May 11 2008

XPLICIT  That's probably because you have no wireless device with Orinoco or PrismII chipset in use, but just an Airport card or something. And such a device is not supported by KisMAC as far as I know.  
(Version r242)

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Jun 14 2008

FAHLMAN  From the developer's website.

"KisMAC supports several third party PCMCIA cards - Orinoco, PrismII, Cisco Aironet, Atheros and PrismGT. USB Prism2 is supported as well, and USB Ralink support is in development. All of the internal AirPort hardware is supported as well."  
(Version r272)

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Jun 16 2008

CHEESYTOE  You have to delete the preferences first, then launch up KisMAC, i think it is a safety measure on KisMac's part so that goverment officials don't know how to use it =P.

All you have to do is delete the preferences file and then relaunch.  
(Version r272)

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Mar 12 2008

DON SHRENNOOO  when ever i try to deauthinicate it, it says that i don have a primary injection what should i do???

plz reply its urgent there allot of wireless needs to be cracked lololol

peace  
(Version r242)

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Jan 20 2008

SULZE  Take care to delete your old preferences (de.binaervarianz.... ). Otherwise it won't work.

Sulze  
(Version r242)

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Sep 5 2007
*****

SAGGIS  Brilliant if one knows (kinda) what they are doing, just watch the hacking WEP with KisMac video on youTube if you have any questions.

Oh I kicks I get driving around and seeing all these networks!

KisMac how I adore thee. The only thing I ask is re-injection ability with my D-Link DWL-G122 apart from that it works like a god.

Haven't had any stability issues.  
(Version 0.21a)

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Aug 16 2007

PEANUT BUTTER  Looks like KisMac is temporarily down, but not out. From their website......

With the introduction of §202c German politicians proved their complete incompetence. Law in Germany: possession of child pornography - two years imprisonment. Distribution of security software is half as bad. Even worse politicians still believe in the successful ban of digital information, obviously not reckoning globalization.

We are heading straight to a country I do not want to be living in.

KisMAC will live on. Different people. Different country. Same "threat" to national security.  
(Version 0.21a)

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Aug 25 2007

MACUPDATE ADMIN  They're baaaaaack...  
(Version 0.21a)

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