A Router WiFi key recovery tool with a twist.

Tauro is a router WiFi password scraping tool.

Traditional methods involve putting the card in rfmon mode, sniffing packets (WEP) or capturing handshake (WPA) and then cracking them with tools like aircrack-ng or pyrit, those can be time intensive processes. And sometimes even downright impossible, based on the key strength.

However, the single door to that configuration in routers is usually left wide open for exploitation. Most routers do not so much as have a password set to the management interface. Which is where scraping comes in.

Tauro attempts to gain access to that management interface (web interface) and then scrape the wireless configuration data as well as the BSSID from vulnerable routers, thereby capable of producing a massive database of Wireless networks.

• Why (History)
• Installation/Building
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing dependency packages
  • Installing Tauro
• Database setup
• Usage
  • Usage output
  • Example usages
    • Host specification
    • Port specification
    • Process state tracking
• Logs
• License
• We need your help!

The original author sudiptosarkar had undertaken this project in the summer of 2013 (that's half the reason why @since is missing in most of the source files, the other half being that the author didn't bother with those at that time).

The Internet connection was crappy (to say the least), it was hot as hell, and the author couldn't afford a better connection. The author also couldn't afford the firepower (computing power) to crack the neighbors' WiFi passwords because they weren't using simple common phrases or even 10 digit cellphone numbers.

The solution, guess what connection they're using and scour the Internet in hopes of getting one of the neighbors' routers.

And Project Tauro was born! 🎉

Of course, the name was decided upon in October of 2017...

In late 2017, the author decided to make this software open source, believing it will help pen-testers and researchers in their endeavors, while also garnering support for the development of Project Tauro.

P.S. No neighbor's router was harmed (hacked) in the making of this software.

Tauro is set to have an initial release sometime soon. As long as a release isn't available, the installation process will involve Building. The following will explain that process.

• Git
• Java
• Gradle

Tauro is dependent on the following repos:

• k0r0pt/netUtils
• k0r0pt/rom0Decoder
• k0r0pt/tauro-core

For each of the dependency repos and for Tauro, do the following:

1. git clone <clone-url-for-the-repo> - The clone url can be found on the repo's page.
2. git submodule update --init --recursive - This will update the build scripts in the repo.
3. gradle build - This will build and install the module in your local Maven repository.

When all the dependencies (as well as Tauro itself) have been built, the distribution package will be under build/distributions in the directory where you cloned Project-Tauro (this repository). There will be a zip file and a tar file. Extract either one of those to a location of your choice. For ease, let's say you extracted the distribution package to ~/.h4X0r/tools. Then follow these steps:

1. cd ~/.h4X0r/tools - Navigate to the extract location.
2. cd Project-Tauro-<version-number> - The version number will vary based on when you have cloned the repo.
3. cd bin - This is where the binaries are.
4. ./Project-Tauro - There's a bat file for Windows and a shell file for *nixes and *nuxes.
5. pwd (for Linux/Unix/Mac) or echo %cd% (for Windows) - Note the output and copy it.
6. export PATH=$PATH:<paste> (for Linux/Unix/Mac) or set PATH=%PATH%;<paste> (for Windows) - <paste> is where you paste what you copied in the last step.

The last step will conclude the installation. Note, however, that the last step above will only install for the current shell/cmd session. For a more permanent installation, read up on how to edit the PATH environment variable in your operating system and append the Tauro installation path at the end of that.

Project-Tauro uses a database to store all scrape WiFi information. For this, the database will have to be copied over to a pre-specified location. We don't yet have an option to specify that location from command-line.

Although, it can be specified with Java System Property -Dtauro.core.db=<DB_Location> while calling the program.

Follow these steps to set it up:

1. Make this directory structure in your home folder: .h4X0r/k0r0pt/db. In *nix, *nux, your home folder will be at /home/<your-username>. In MacOS, your home folder will be at /Users/<your-username>. In Windows, your home folder will be at C:\Users\<your-username>. For Windows prior to Windows 7, your home folder will be at C:\Documents and Settings\<your-username>.
2. Copy WirelessStations.sqlite over to the directory you made in the step earlier .h4X0r/k0r0pt/db.
3. Rejoice, for you're all set to go. 💥👍💪🤘

This section will discuss the usages and different scenarios for Project-Tauro.

If run without any arguments, Tauro will give you this output:

Project-Tauro usage:
 -e,--exclusions <arg>   A comma separated list of hosts to be excluded
                         from attacks.
 -f,--hostsFile <arg>    The JSON formatted file from which hosts' list
                         needs to be read.
 -h,--hosts <arg>        A comma separated list of hosts/CIDR networks to
                         be scanned/attacked.
 -i,--isp <arg>          The ISP the hosts are registered under
 -n,--network <arg>      The ipinfo.io network that needs to be scanned.
 -p,--port <arg>         The is the port to be targeted (Multiple port
                         support will be coming later.
 -r,--resume             Resume previous scan.

As specified in the output above, Project-Tauro can use different ways of specifying which hosts to attack (scrape).

1. Direct host specification - use the -h or --hosts CLI option. This lets you specify which hosts to go after right from the program invocation. For example, Project-Tauro --hosts=172.168.0.0-172.168.255.255,8.8.8.8,8.8.8.4,10.0.0.1/8 --isp=RandomISP. Note, that Project-Tauro works just fine with IP Ranges specified with hyphens and CIDR IP Ranges.
2. ipinfo.io based host specification - use the -n or --network CLI option. This lets you specify an entire network (say if you want to attack an entire ISP). For example, Project-Tauro --network=AS0000 --isp=RandomISP
3. Masscan JSON output file based host specification - use the -f or --hostsFile CLI option. This lets you specify a Masscan JSON output file. Other masscan output formats are not yet supported (but with your help they will be). For example, Project-Tauro --hostsFile=/home/user/superOut.json --isp=RandomISP

By default, Project-Tauro will assume port # 80 if no port is explicitly specified. That's because that's the default HTTP port. However, many routers nowadays are hosting at port # 8080, which is where the -p or --port option comes in handy. For example, Project-Tauro --hosts=192.168.1.1/24 --port=8080 --isp=RandomISP

Tauro tracks the process state and has a resume option if the process is interrupted and is unable to complete a scan for some reason. Say, in case of a power outage. In that case, use the -r or --resume cli option to resume a previously interrupted scan. For example, Project-Tauro --resume

The logs are by default stored in /.h4X0r/k0r0pt/logs in your home directory. The log file also doesn't have an explicit CLI option, but you can use Java System Property argument -Dtauro.core.logFile=<your-log-file> to specify your own value for the log file, complete with the entire path to it.

This software is licensed under the GNU General Public Licence v3. The original author believes in free software (free as in freedom). So, go nuts (as long as you adhere with the Licence agreement)! 😃

Also, when using the Tauro or GitHub logos, be sure to follow the GitHub logo guidelines.

Well, there are more types of routers on the planet than the author will ever know of. Half the reason this software is open-source is so that everyone can contribute to it. And we need your help! Check out the Tauro Contribution Guidelines and help us out.