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Multiplatform WLAN Enumeration and Geolocation

Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Enumerate wireless networks visible to the target device.
Optionally geolocate the target by gathering local wireless networks and
performing a lookup against Google APIs.

Author

Tom Sellers [email protected]

Platform

Android,BSD,Linux,OSX,Solaris,Windows

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use post/multi/gather/wlan_geolocate
msf post(wlan_geolocate) > show actions
...actions...
msf post(wlan_geolocate) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf post(wlan_geolocate) > show options
...show and set options...
msf post(wlan_geolocate) > run

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