Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) was introduced in 2006 for home users who wanted to connect to their home network without the trouble of remembering complex passwords for Wi-Fi. It used an eight-digit pin to authenticate a client on the network; a pixie dust attack is a way of brute-forcing the eight-digit pin. This attack allows the recovery of the pin within minutes if the router is vulnerable, whereas a simple brute force would take hours. In this recipe, we will learn how to perform a pixie dust attack.
A list of vulnerable routers on which the attack will work can be found at the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tSlbqVQ59kGn8hgmwcPTHUECQ3o9YhXR91A_p7Nnj5Y/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=2048815923
