ESP8266 Deauther

Deauthentication attack and other 'hacks' using an ESP8266.

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This project is a proof of concept for testing and education only.
Neither the ESP8266, nor the SDK was meant and build for such purposes.
Bugs can occur!

New official supported boards available!
Go to Supported Devices for more.

Introduction
Disclaimer
Supported Devices
Videos
Installation
How to use it
How to reset it
FAQ
License
Sources and additional links

Introduction

What it is

Basically it’s a device which performs a deauth attack.
You select the clients you want to disconnect from their network and start the attack. As long as the attack is running, the selected devices are unable to connect to their network.
Other attacks also have been implemented, such as beacon or probe request flooding.

How it works

The 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol contains a so called deauthentication frame. It is used to disconnect clients safely from a wireless network.

Because these management packets are unencrypted, you just need the mac address of the Wi-Fi router and of the client device which you want to disconnect from the network. You don’t need to be in the network or know the password, it’s enough to be in its range.

What an ESP8266 is

The ESP8266 is a cheap microcontroller with built-in Wi-Fi. It contains a powerful 160 MHz processor and it can be programmed using Arduino.

You can buy these chips for under $2 from China!

How to protect against it

With 802.11w-2009 Wi-Fi got an update to encrypt management frames. So make sure your router is up to date and has management frame protection enabled. But note that your client device needs to support it too, both ends need to have it enabled!

The only problem is that most devices don’t use it. I tested it with different Wi-Fi networks and devices, it worked every time! It seems that even newer devices which support frame protection don’t use it by default.

I made a Deauth Detector using the same chip to indicate if such an attack is running against a nearby network. It doesn't protect you against it, but it can help you figure out if and when an attack is running.

Disclaimer

Use it only for testing purposes on your own devices!
I don't take any responsibility for what you do with this program.

Please check the legal regulations in your country before using it.
It is not a frequency jammer as claimed falsely by many people. Its attack, how it works and how to protect against it is described above. It uses valid Wi-Fi frames described in the official 802.11 standard and doesn't block or disrupt any other communications or frequencies.

Referring to this project as "jammer" is prohibited! Name the project by its correct name.

My intention with this project is to draw more attention to this issue.
This attack shows how vulnerable the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard is and that it has to be fixed.
A solution is already there, why don't we use it?

Supported Devices

You can flash the code to every ESP8266. Depending on the module or development board, there might be differences in the stability and performance.

Officially supported devices:

WiFi Deauther (Pocket WiFi)
- AliExpress
- tindie
WiFi Deauther OLED (Pocket WiFi)
- AliExpress
- tindie

Any other products that come with this projects preflashed are not approved and commit a copyright infringement!

Videos

Installation

The only things you will need are a computer and an ESP8266 board.

I recommend you to buy a USB breakout/developer board, because they have 4Mb flash and are very simple to use. It doesn’t matter which board you use, as long as it has an ESP8266 on it.

You have 2 choices here. Uploading the bin files is easier but not as good for debugging.
YOU ONLY NEED TO DO ONE OF THE INSTALLATION METHODS!

Uploading the bin files

Note: the 512kb version won't have the full MAC vendor list.
The NodeMCU and every other board use the ESP-12 which has 4mb flash on it.

0 Download the current release from here

1 Upload using the ESP8266 flash tool of your choice. I recommend using the nodemcu-flasher. If this doesn't work you can also use the official esptool from espressif.

That's all! :)

Make sure you select the right com-port, the right upload size of your ESP8266 and the right bin file.

If flashing the bin files with a flash tool is not working, try flashing the esp8266 with the Arduino IDE as shown below.

Compiling the source with Arduino

0 Download the source code of this project.

1 Install Arduino and open it.

2 Go to File > Preferences

3 Add http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json to the Additional Boards Manager URLs. (source: https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino)

4 Go to Tools > Board > Boards Manager

5 Type in esp8266

6 Select version 2.0.0 and click on Install (must be version 2.0.0!)

7 Go to File > Preferences

8 Open the folder path under More preferences can be edited directly in the file

9 Go to packages > esp8266 > hardware > esp8266 > 2.0.0 > tools > sdk > include

10 Open user_interface.h with a text editor

11 Scroll down and before #endif add following lines:

typedef void (*freedom_outside_cb_t)(uint8 status);
int wifi_register_send_pkt_freedom_cb(freedom_outside_cb_t cb);
void wifi_unregister_send_pkt_freedom_cb(void);
int wifi_send_pkt_freedom(uint8 *buf, int len, bool sys_seq);

don't forget to save!

12 Go to the SDK_fix folder of this project

13 Copy ESP8266Wi-Fi.cpp and ESP8266Wi-Fi.h

14 Paste these files here packages > esp8266 > hardware > esp8266 > 2.0.0 > libraries > ESP8266WiFi > src

15 Open esp8266_deauther > esp8266_deauther.ino in Arduino

16 Select your ESP8266 board at Tools > Board and the right port at Tools > Port
If no port shows up you may have to reinstall the drivers.

17 Depending on your board you may have to adjust the Tools > Board > Flash Frequency and the Tools > Board > Flash Size. In my case i had to use a 80MHz Flash Frequency, and a 4M (1M SPIFFS) Flash Size

18 Upload!

Note: If you use a 512kb version of the ESP8266, you need to comment out a part of the mac vendor list in data.h.

Your ESP8266 Deauther is now ready!

Adding OLED display

0 Follow the steps above to get your Arduino environment ready.

1 Install this OLED driver library: https://github.com/squix78/esp8266-oled-ssd1306

2 Customize the code for your wiring.
In esp8266_deauther.ino uncomment #define USE_DISPLAY.
Then scroll down and customize these lines depending on your setup.
I used a Wemos d1 mini with a SSD1306 128x64 OLED and 3 push buttons.

	  //include the library you need
	  #include "SSD1306.h"
	  //#include "SH1106.h"

	  //button pins
	  #define upBtn D6
	  #define downBtn D7
	  #define selectBtn D5

	  #define buttonDelay 180 //delay in ms
	  
	  //render settings
	  #define fontSize 8
	  #define rowsPerSite 8

	  //create display(Adr, SDA-pin, SCL-pin)
	  SSD1306 display(0x3c, D2, D1);
	  //SH1106 display(0x3c, D2, D1);

How to use it

First start your ESP8266 by plugging it in and giving it power.

You can use your smartphone if you have a USB OTG cable.

Scan for Wi-Fi networks and connect to pwned. The password is deauther.
Once connected, you can open up your browser and go to 192.168.4.1.

You can now scan for networks...

scan for client devices...

Note: While scanning the ESP8266 will shut down its access point, so you may have to go to your settings and reconnect to the Wi-Fi network manually.

...and start different attacks.

How to reset it

Method 1: Connect pin 4 (D2 on the NodeMCU) to GND and plug the device in.
Method 2: Connect your device, open up the serial monitor in Arduino, set baudrate to 115200, type in "reset" and click send.

FAQ

The FAQ was moved over to the Wiki.

License

This project is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). See the license file for details.

If you want to use my project for a commercial project, you can contact me and ask for permission.
My Twitter: twitter.com/spacehuhn

Referring to this project as "jammer" is prohibited! Name the project by its correct name.

Sources and additional links

deauth attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack

deauth frame: https://mrncciew.com/2014/10/11/802-11-mgmt-deauth-disassociation-frames/

ESP8266:

packet injection with ESP8266:

802.11w-2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11w-2009

Wi-Fi_send_pkt_freedom function limitations: https://esp32.com/viewtopic.php?t=586

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