Using the cloud to crack WPA
A new web service exists today that according to it’s creators can crack most wpa keys in around 20 minutes, and email you back with the results, all for the bargain basement price of 17 dollars. In their own words:
“WPA Cracker is a cloud cracking service for penetration testers and network auditors who need to check the security of WPA-PSK protected wireless networks.
WPA-PSK networks are vulnerable to dictionary attacks, but running a respectable-sized dictionary over a WPA network handshake can take days or weeks. WPA Cracker gives you access to a 400CPU cluster that will run your network capture against a 135 million word dictionary created specifically for WPA passwords. While this job would take over 5 days on a contemporary dual-core PC, on our cluster it takes an average of 20 minutes, for only $17.”
You can find out more about this new cloud based web service HERE
