trackerjacker

Like nmap for mapping wifi networks you're not connected to. Maps and tracks wifi networks and devices through raw 802.11 monitoring.

PyPI page: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/trackerjacker

Install

pip3 install trackerjacker

Supported platforms: Linux (tested on Ubuntu, Kali, and RPi) and macOS (pre-alpha)

visual description

trackerjacker can help with the following:

I want to know all the nearby wifi networks and know all the devices connected to each network.
I want to know who's hogging all the bandwidth.
I want to run a command when this MAC address sends more than 100000 bytes in a 30 second window (maybe to determine when an IP camera is uploading a video, which is indicative that it just saw motion).
I want to deauth anyone who uses more than 100000 bytes in a 10 second window.
I want to deauth every Dropcam in the area so my Airbnb hosts don't spy on me.
I want to be alerted when any MAC address is seen at a power level greater than -40dBm that I've never seen before.
I want to see when this particular person is nearby (based on the MAC of their mobile phone) and run a command to alert me.
I want to write my own plugin to run some script to do something fun every time a new Apple device shows up nearby.

Usage

Find detailed usage like this:

trackerjacker -h

There are 2 major usage modes for trackerjacker: map mode and track mode:

Map mode example

Map command:

trackerjacker -i wlan1337 --map

By default, this outputs the wifi_map.yaml YAML file, which is a map of all the nearby WiFi networks and all of their users. Here's an example wifi_map.yaml file:

TEST_SSID:
  00:10:18:6b:7a:ea:
    bssid: 00:10:18:6b:7a:ea
    bytes: 5430
    channels:
    - 11
    devices:
      3c:07:71:15:f1:48:
        bytes: 798
        signal: 1
        vendor: Sony Corporation
      78:31:c1:7f:25:43:
        bytes: 4632
        signal: -52
        vendor: Apple, Inc.
    signal: -86
    ssid: TEST_SSID
    vendor: Broadcom

BRANSONS_WIFI:
  90:48:9a:e3:58:25:
    bssid: 90:48:9a:e3:58:25
    bytes: 5073
    channels:
    - 1
    devices:
      01:00:5e:96:e1:89:
        bytes: 476
        signal: -62
        vendor: ''
      30:8c:fb:66:23:91:
        bytes: 278
        signal: -46
        vendor: Dropcam
      34:23:ba:1c:ba:e7:
        bytes: 548
        signal: 4
        vendor: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS(THAILAND)
    signal: -80
    ssid: BRANSONS_WIFI
    vendor: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.

hacker_network:
  80:2a:a8:e5:de:92:
    bssid: 80:2a:a8:e5:de:92
    bytes: 5895
    channels:
    - 11
    devices:
      80:1f:02:e6:44:96:
        bytes: 960
        signal: -46
        vendor: Edimax Technology Co. Ltd.
      80:2a:a8:8a:ec:c8:
        bytes: 472
        signal: 4
        vendor: Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
      80:2a:a8:be:09:a9:
        bytes: 5199
        signal: 4
        vendor: Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
      d8:49:2f:7a:f0:8f:
        bytes: 548
        signal: 4
        vendor: CANON INC.
    signal: -46
    ssid: hacker
    vendor: Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
  80:2a:a8:61:aa:2f:
    bssid: 80:2a:a8:61:aa:2f
    bytes: 5629
    channels:
    - 44
    - 48
    devices:
      78:88:6d:4e:e2:c9:
        bytes: 948
        signal: -52
        vendor: ''
      e4:8b:7f:d4:cb:25:
        bytes: 986
        signal: -48
        vendor: Apple, Inc.
    signal: -48
    ssid: null
    vendor: Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
  82:2a:a8:51:32:25:
    bssid: 82:2a:a8:51:32:25
    bytes: 3902
    channels:
    - 48
    devices:
      b8:e8:56:f5:a0:70:
        bytes: 1188
        signal: -34
        vendor: Apple, Inc.
    signal: -14
    ssid: hacker
    vendor: ''
  82:2a:a8:fc:33:b6:
    bssid: 82:2a:a8:fc:33:b6
    bytes: 7805
    channels:
    - 10
    - 11
    - 12
    devices:
      78:31:c1:7f:25:43:
        bytes: 4632
        signal: -52
        vendor: Apple, Inc.
      7c:dd:90:fe:b4:87:
        bytes: 423223
        signal: 4
        vendor: Shenzhen Ogemray Technology Co., Ltd.
      80:2a:a8:be:09:a9:
        bytes: 5199
        signal: 4
        vendor: Ubiquiti Networks Inc.
    signal: -62
    ssid: null
    vendor: ''

Note that, since this is YAML, you can easily use it as an input for other scripts of your own devising. I have an example script to parse this "YAML DB" here: parse_trackerjacker_wifi_map.py.

Example: Track mode with trigger command

Track mode allows you to specify some number of MAC addresses to watch, and if any specific devices exceeds the threshold (in bytes), specified here with the --threshold 4000 (specifying an alert threshold of 4000 bytes) an alert will be triggered.

trackerjacker --track -m 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 --threshold 4000 --trigger-command "./alert.sh" --channels-to-monitor 10,11,12,44
Using monitor mode interface: wlan1337
Monitoring channels: {10, 11, 12, 44}

[@] Device (3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 4734

[@] Device (3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 7717

[@] Device (3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 7124

[@] Device (3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 8258

[@] Device (3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 8922

In this particular example, I was watching a security camera to determine when it was uploading a video (indicating motion was detected) so that I could turn on my security system sirens (which was the original genesis of this project).

Example: Track mode with foxhunt plugin

trackerjacker -i wlan1337 --track --trigger-plugin foxhunt

Displays a curses screen like this:

  POWER        DEVICE ID                VENDOR
=======        =================        ================================
 -82dBm        1c:1b:68:35:c6:5d        ARRIS Group, Inc.
 -84dBm        fc:3f:db:ed:e9:8e        Hewlett Packard
 -84dBm        dc:0b:34:7a:11:63        LG Electronics (Mobile Communications)
 -84dBm        94:62:69:af:c3:64        ARRIS Group, Inc.
 -84dBm        90:48:9a:34:15:65        Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.
 -84dBm        64:00:6a:07:48:13        Dell Inc.
 -84dBm        00:30:44:38:76:c8        CradlePoint, Inc
 -86dBm        44:1c:a8:fc:c0:53        Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.,Ltd.
 -86dBm        18:16:c9:c0:3b:75        Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd
 -86dBm        01:80:c2:62:9e:36
 -86dBm        01:00:5e:11:90:47
 -86dBm        00:24:a1:97:68:83        ARRIS Group, Inc.
 -88dBm        f8:2c:18:f8:f3:aa        2Wire Inc
 -88dBm        84:a1:d1:a6:34:08

Note that foxhunt is a builtin plugin, but you can define your own plugins using the same Plugin API.

Example: Track mode with trigger plugin

$ trackerjacker --track -m 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 --threshold 10 --trigger-plugin examples/plugin_example1.py --channels-to-monitor 10,11,12,44 --trigger-cooldown 1
Using monitor mode interface: wlan1337
Monitoring channels: {10, 11, 12, 44}
[@] Device (device 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 34 bytes
3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 seen at: [1521926768.756529]
[@] Device (device 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 11880 bytes
3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 seen at: [1521926768.756529, 1521926769.758929]
[@] Device (device 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59) threshold hit: 18564 bytes
3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 seen at: [1521926768.756529, 1521926769.758929, 1521926770.7622838]

This runs examples/plugin_example1.py every time 3c:2e:ff:31:32:59 is seen sending/receiving 10 bytes or more.

trackerjacker plugins are simply python files that contain either:

Trigger class which defines a __call__(**kwargs) method (example: examples/plugin_example1.py)
trigger(**kwargs) function (example: examples/plugin_example2.py)

And optionally a __apiversion__ = 1 line (for future backward compatibility)

Example: Configuring with config file

trackerjacker.py -c my_config.json

And here's the example config file called my_config.json:

{
    "iface": "wlan1337",
    "devices_to_watch": {"5f:cb:53:1c:8a:2c": 1000, "32:44:1b:d7:a1:5b": 2000},
    "aps_to_watch": {"c6:23:ef:33:cc:a2": 500},
    "threshold_window": 10,
    "channels_to_monitor": [1, 6, 11, 52],
    "channel_switch_scheme": "round_robin"
}

A few notes about this:

threshold_bytes is the default threshold of bytes which, if seen, a causes the alert function to be called
threshold_window is the time window in which the threshold_bytes is analyzed.
devices_to_watch is a list which can contain either strings (representing MACs) or dicts (which allow the specification of a name and threshold)
- name is simply what a label you want to be printed when this device is seen.
- threshold in the "Security camera" is how many bytes must be seen
channels_to_monitor - list of 802.11 wifi channels to monitor. The list of channels your wifi card supports is printed when trackerjacker starts up. By default, all supported channels are monitored.
channel_switch_scheme - either default, round_robin, or traffic_based. traffic_based determines the channels of most traffic, and probabilistically monitors them more.

Example: Enable/Disable monitor mode on interface

Trackerjacker comes with a few other utility functions relevant to WiFi hacking. One of these is the ability to turn on monitor mode on a specific interface.

Enable monitor mode:

trackerjacker --monitor-mode-on -i wlan0

Disable monitor mode:

trackerjacker --monitor-mode-off -i wlan0mon

Note that trackerjacker will automatically enable/disable monitor mode if necessary. This functionality is just useful if you want to enable monitor mode on an interface for use with other applications (or for quicker starup of trackerjacker, if you plan to be starting/exiting to test stuff).

Example: Set adapter channel

trackerjacker --set-channel 11 -i wlan0

Note that trackerjacker will automatically switch channels as necessary during normal map/track actions. This option is just useful if you want to set the channel on an interface for use with other applications.

Recommended hardware

Panda PAU07 N600 Dual Band (nice, small, 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Panda PAU09 N600 Dual Band (higher power, 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Alfa AWUS052NH Dual-Band 2x 5dBi (high power, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, large, ugly)
TP-Link N150 (works well, but not dual band)

Helpful commands

sudo iw reg set US - In order to be able to access all of the available channels with your wifi adapter, you may need to run this command (or a variant of it).
ifconfig - To list wifi adapter names.

Roadmap

Hosted in PyPI
Radio signal strength for APs
Radio signal strength for individual macs
Build map by data exchanged (exclude beacons)
Packet count by AP
Packet count by MAC
Easier way to input per-device tracking thresholds
Plugin system
Fox hunt mode
Tracking by SSID (and not just BSSID)
Basic macOS (OS X) support (pre-alpha)
Mapping a specific SSID
Performance enhancement: not shelling out for channel switching
"Jack" mode - deauth attacks

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