Jay Shri Ram David Sir I knew this but the problem is that the networks which are already connected are only shown, access of other networks of our surrounding is not possible
If someone is on your command line, you have way bigger problems to worry about than your Wi-Fi password. They're already on your system and your network.
That's exactly what I was thinking. If they already have direct access to your system, what's the point? Though this does demonstrate how a hacker could use your machine to hop over to another one with higher privileges on the same network. So from an individual perspective, this isn't all that useful, but if you're trying to hack a corporation it would be much more powerful.
For anyone curious, the "pipe" | keyword is used to redirect the output of a command into something else, like a text file or in this case another command.
My (second) favorite form of piping is "2> nul", equivalent to "2>/dev/null" on Linux. Who needs error messages most of the time, if it didn't work I can just run it again and print the error messages this time.
Yes, that's true. I used those commands back in college where they had super-fast internet, but it was only for the teachers. During a break, I asked a teacher if I could use their computer for a short while. I ran the commands, and that's how I managed to access the teacher's unrestricted internet. 😂😂
It's important to know that this only extracts the saved passwords. And with sufficient privileges you can extract anything. That would be like saying that someone inside your house can steal your microwave.
Not even stealing a microwave because that would be actually stealing something. Here it's more like someone inside your house can use your water. If there's someone inside your house, you have bigger problems to think about than water
@@2wr633 You were right, I misspoke. I meant to say encrypted. Wifi passwords are encrypted and can only be decrypted with super user privilege, like OP said.
*Missing part of the instructions:* To actually get the KEYS, the whole command must be done in a command window opened with that computer's *Administrator privileges.*
If they've got access to your computer, that's not too hard. A lot of people, especially those who aren't very tech savvy don't make you enter a password to run s administrator
@@MrDome110 Maybe the security is not set up properly there? Without Admin rights, you should only be able to see the wifi networks, not the passwords.
@@yaswanthravuri8450no, because that command only shows the passwords that u have entered that work. Once he changes it, and the guy doesn't know the new password, he's not gonna be able to get the new one....only see the old one
This will actually be super handy. I often visit customers places and they don't know the password. Going to load this into a batch file tomorrow. Might even share the code as a reply here if I remember
Just go to Network advanced settings and click on the properties of the network adapter for the wifi. CLick the show button on the password and you will see it. No need to remember the command.
@@AI_Image_MasterWindows' GUIs for system things are super underrated, if you know where to look for what you want. I'm a hardcore Linux fanboi, and I'd much rather use "Disk Management" than "fdisk". Heck, I'd rather use Windows' "fdisk" than Linux's "fdisk", the visual formatting by default is just SO much better. Simple tools and rich options are the foundation of goodness, but good defaults are the spice of awesomeness.
I'm so glad this channel came up in the shorts I watch. I subscribed immediately!! I'm not tech savvy at all but would love to learn certain things but don't have a clue where to start. Thanks for sharing and letting us know how things are done. 😊❤
Great command if you’ve lost your WiFi password. Though sure it’s been said, if someone has that level of access, the risk of someone using some of your bandwidth really is the least of your worries 😂
You can also look at the adapter properties in control panel to do the same thing. If you connect to numerous networks either method can be helpful but the odds of someone using this in a malicious capacity is slim to none.
I hate and love the times we live in. Technology has done many great things. But when you have stuff like this and much more malicious ways to ruin someones day. Yeah that kinda takes the joy outta it.
Oh, yes so useful! Thanks. So many people have no idea what their wifi password is, and you have to search through their house to find the wifi box and flip it upside down.
Windows Certificate Storage should be able to give you those. btw, this whole thing is because of how WPA PSK was designed. no two ways around saving the password(or PKI) in plaintext.
First you have to get on someone else's computer that already has the wifi saved in it, such as a work computer. Typically my work places have trusted me enough to give me the passwords, but those that don't...
Thank you ; this one is useful information : Many people are unaware this is a risk when they leave an unlocked and unsecured computer that other people can use that is on their network - either in their home or their workplace
You can also see them through the Windows UI. It is not a secret, there is an easy way to forget the WiFi informations. You can prevent your Windows to keep these if you work in sensible places. You can also schedule a cleaner that will erase them every day for example.
The only way a hacker can use this command is if they are somehow able to run this command on your local system against profiles that are already configured. You cannot "grab" your neighbor's password out of thin air with this or any other command I'm aware of.
Wow -- this is even worse than the text overflow bug that every copy of Windows suffered from (until a patch I think to Win 10 a few years ago) that could give you command control.
Sounds like you're talking about a MiTM attack. All this will do is show the passwords to the networks that the computer you're already on has connected to.
This is great. I can use this when I'm helping friends, which is not a rare occurrence. Note: I'm not a hacker (or I would already have known this, duh)
Even as a complete noob, you can prompt Chat GPT to generate batch program for you to do pretty much anything (within the limits of the batch commands).
Useful when you've been logged in for so long you forgot the password you made and want to add a new device. Actually just happened to me so thanks for the info :)
yeah this is why you have guest wifis for your house, so people cant get access to your devices. even if you log in for them, it is very easy to get the password from a phone or pc
its very true, ive done it... my buddies step dad was always on a power trip with the wifi password, so i made him a script that would embed itself into his moms computer and silently send me the password every hour lol
Meh this one varies at a lot.... some don't care, since the wifi that they use is locked down as heck. And any other wifis you connect to, are going to be your personal ones.
Thanks! I always forget my own passwords and whenever we get a new device I have to look it up if I ever bother to write it down or reset everything. 😂 this will save me time in future.
So many people thinking this isn't a problem because it only knows the password for networks it has connected to. That's the whole point. So many small businesses use WiFi and the users are administrator accounts. But I've seen several businesses put their router where you can see the wifi password through a window.
not remotely@@Grayest_Fox . A lot of times they ask us to do stuffs for them, on their PC. Like typing/correcting/editing docs etc. Even if they saw us running these commands they wouldnt know what is going on.
Thats why i use MAC filtering on my personal networks. I know what devices should have access and only those devices can sign on, and the SSID isnt broadcasted either.
Please watch my latest short discussing the myth of MAC address filtering: th-cam.com/users/shorts9EtafMECFvM?feature=share and my other video about the myth of ssid hiding.
Both in console as in the wife menu you need admin rights to do this…. Also there are faster tools for that. For example Wi-Fi printer helpers from various sources….
To be fair, this isn’t just Windows. For example, it’s easier done in Android as in you don’t need command line knowhow. There are free apps you can install (or an apk if you’re sneaky) which can retrieve the saved wifi passwords.
This command requires admin and only works with preshared keys, not WPA2/3 Enterprise 802.1X credentials. In the grand scheme of things I'd be less concerned with someone getting my WiFi password than credentials for, say, my banking information.
You should also say you need access to the PC in question. If you haven't been connected to the wifi you'll will not get the password to the wifi. You can also use the Network Gui and click show password. it's hard do gain access to the PC in the first case.
This is only an issue if the person can actually get onto your computer physically or remotely (via malware/exploit). At that point you've bigger issues.
Did this at my old job 😂😂 as a forklift operator no service in the building but every forklift had a computer so i found the password to the network the forklifts used
Something to keep in mind, if the name of the wifi network contains spaces then you should use the double quotes else it will consider the first word only.
Did this awhile ago when my dad made 2 networks and only gave me the password to the one that shut off at 10pm. I was so proud of myself, yet still not smart enough to go to bed at a reasonable hour
By default, If I remember correctly, on most Windows operating systems, only members of the Administrators group may invoke such commands. Also, the cmd.exe or powershell.exe needs to be run as Administrator. There are a lot of nastier things an intruder could do besides revealing the WiFi credentials. Even without Administrator level access, the user's files and his entire home directory becomes a potential treasure trove if extortion is his game...
I know this is a short video but it cmd needs to be run in admin first then type netsh so will see it on the left hand side showing netsh> then type the commands and you don't have to type out or add netsh each time just the command but still good video to learn from.
You can do it using control panel without remembering any command, just go Control panel>Network&internet>Network&sharing centre>Click on your wifi under connections>Wirelessproperties>Security>your password is there
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Did you know these commands? I have videos on my channel showing this in more detail (including copying the details).
Yes sir David I knew it😅
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@davidbombal can you show us, also how can we see the wifi password from our Android or Iphone phone thank you:)
Jay Shri Ram David Sir
I knew this but the problem is that the networks which are already connected are only shown, access of other networks of our surrounding is not possible
@davidbombal can you show us how we can see the wifi password from our Android.?
Wow thank you
Just to clarify , that‘s to see the ones you are already connect to… not random new ones 😊
That's the point though, stealing their credentials.
True
Showing off fairy tales for idiots. Most off the didn't even try. Thx doc.
Except for 2FA if the place even uses email
What if I'm remoted into someone's PC?
If someone is on your command line, you have way bigger problems to worry about than your Wi-Fi password. They're already on your system and your network.
That's exactly what I was thinking. If they already have direct access to your system, what's the point? Though this does demonstrate how a hacker could use your machine to hop over to another one with higher privileges on the same network. So from an individual perspective, this isn't all that useful, but if you're trying to hack a corporation it would be much more powerful.
Surely this needs a privileged shell right? Or at least user password reconfirmation? Windows can't be that weak???
That's all this guy does. He does boring generic stuff and tries to make it look scary.
I guess its just a handy tip if cant be bothered to look under your modem for the millionth time to get the silly password.
@@guardianfox2true 😂
This is like breaking into someones house to steal their house keys.
😂😂😂😂
How to sneak onto dad's computer while he's gone for a bathroom break and get the wi-fi password while grounded.
More like giving someone an Amazon package and that has a robot inside it to steal the keys and give you access to the home.
Copy* not steal.
exactly 😂😂
If a hacker had acces to my computer's command line, I'd have far bigger problems than the wifi password.
but it can be a vector of propagation
@@panayotivanov8607 very rarely do they ever have a purpose to steal em cuz u can already access to the network
true lol
For anyone curious, the "pipe" | keyword is used to redirect the output of a command into something else, like a text file or in this case another command.
My (second) favorite form of piping is "2> nul", equivalent to "2>/dev/null" on Linux. Who needs error messages most of the time, if it didn't work I can just run it again and print the error messages this time.
Yes, that's true. I used those commands back in college where they had super-fast internet, but it was only for the teachers. During a break, I asked a teacher if I could use their computer for a short while. I ran the commands, and that's how I managed to access the teacher's unrestricted internet. 😂😂
Failure on the teacher for letting a student use their computer. Poor security training.
What a chad 😂
Lucky you. Back in the day did dial up. Netstat and arp
@@Frissdas1207also failure on the school for not using WPA2 enterprise
that's why 802.1x
It's important to know that this only extracts the saved passwords. And with sufficient privileges you can extract anything. That would be like saying that someone inside your house can steal your microwave.
Not even stealing a microwave because that would be actually stealing something. Here it's more like someone inside your house can use your water.
If there's someone inside your house, you have bigger problems to think about than water
But it could have been saved in hash instead of plain text, which I suppose he is saying.
@@darrain.7Exactly! I was thinking this when he started talking about hacking.
@@Alkis05 if it were saved in hash it would defeat the entire purpose of creating the wifi profile in the first place
@@2wr633 You were right, I misspoke. I meant to say encrypted. Wifi passwords are encrypted and can only be decrypted with super user privilege, like OP said.
Amazing. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
You're welcome!
*Missing part of the instructions:* To actually get the KEYS, the whole command must be done in a command window opened with that computer's *Administrator privileges.*
If they've got access to your computer, that's not too hard. A lot of people, especially those who aren't very tech savvy don't make you enter a password to run s administrator
@@oscarbarnes2130 Sure, but if you don't trust everyone who has that kind of access, then you *should* require a password for *Admin.*
not true... I just tried it on the computer where Im just a user, not admin and CMD allowed me to see wifi stores passwords...
@@MrDome110 Maybe the security is not set up properly there? Without Admin rights, you should only be able to see the wifi networks, not the passwords.
@@YodaWhatBut It's true. When running command prompt in standard mode, this works.
This'll come in handy when I forget my wifi password
NOICE, even noicer you won't be breaking the law
It will be handy for your neighbour when you change your password.
@@yaswanthravuri8450 nah, the neighbor is not even a techie, he thinks a router is that thing used in a woodwork shop
@@yaswanthravuri8450it doesn't work like that.
@@yaswanthravuri8450no, because that command only shows the passwords that u have entered that work. Once he changes it, and the guy doesn't know the new password, he's not gonna be able to get the new one....only see the old one
Oh, I have followed a lot of your guides on my study to CCIE...didn't realize you had a youtube channel. Subscribed!
This will actually be super handy. I often visit customers places and they don't know the password. Going to load this into a batch file tomorrow. Might even share the code as a reply here if I remember
Just go to Network advanced settings and click on the properties of the network adapter for the wifi. CLick the show button on the password and you will see it. No need to remember the command.
@@AI_Image_MasterWindows' GUIs for system things are super underrated, if you know where to look for what you want. I'm a hardcore Linux fanboi, and I'd much rather use "Disk Management" than "fdisk". Heck, I'd rather use Windows' "fdisk" than Linux's "fdisk", the visual formatting by default is just SO much better. Simple tools and rich options are the foundation of goodness, but good defaults are the spice of awesomeness.
I'm so glad this channel came up in the shorts I watch. I subscribed immediately!! I'm not tech savvy at all but would love to learn certain things but don't have a clue where to start. Thanks for sharing and letting us know how things are done. 😊❤
Did this at a workplace that wouldn’t share their fast Wi-Fi 😂😂
Bro is hiding wifi passwords like people will fly from different countries to his house in order to access wifi XD
Nah he is just hiding wifi names since you might be able to figure out their location using those names
I'd bet whatever you want ppl would do that just for kicks 😂
This is super helpful. Not for hacking, but for when you forget your wifi password when your friend asks.
Great command if you’ve lost your WiFi password. Though sure it’s been said, if someone has that level of access, the risk of someone using some of your bandwidth really is the least of your worries 😂
You can do this with any OS… different commands for different OS terminals, but they all do it lol
This is a great tip, and one of the few life hack type tips I've actually used and benefited from in my life
You can also do this from GUI, it won't look as cool but it'd do the job
This is actually useful if you're connecting a new device (say a new phone) to your WiFi but don't remember the password but it's connected to your pc
You can also look at the adapter properties in control panel to do the same thing.
If you connect to numerous networks either method can be helpful but the odds of someone using this in a malicious capacity is slim to none.
I hate and love the times we live in. Technology has done many great things. But when you have stuff like this and much more malicious ways to ruin someones day. Yeah that kinda takes the joy outta it.
Oh, yes so useful! Thanks. So many people have no idea what their wifi password is, and you have to search through their house to find the wifi box and flip it upside down.
Unfortunately doesn't work with WPA2-Enterprise I tried but don't show the parameter Key Content
Enterprise is 802.1x, cert based. No preshared keys in play.
Windows Certificate Storage should be able to give you those.
btw, this whole thing is because of how WPA PSK was designed. no two ways around saving the password(or PKI) in plaintext.
It's never meant to be hidden. You can access it by normal mean in control panel.
So first you have to enter the wifi password to connect and then you can see the password after typing this command. 😂
First you have to get on someone else's computer that already has the wifi saved in it, such as a work computer. Typically my work places have trusted me enough to give me the passwords, but those that don't...
Thank you ; this one is useful information : Many people are unaware this is a risk when they leave an unlocked and unsecured computer that other people can use that is on their network - either in their home or their workplace
You can also see them through the Windows UI. It is not a secret, there is an easy way to forget the WiFi informations. You can prevent your Windows to keep these if you work in sensible places. You can also schedule a cleaner that will erase them every day for example.
Just tried it, it only shows the SSID but not the password
The tool is DESIGNED to show you the password. You are not typing it correct :) check the context, cases and your " " usage
The only way a hacker can use this command is if they are somehow able to run this command on your local system against profiles that are already configured. You cannot "grab" your neighbor's password out of thin air with this or any other command I'm aware of.
Of course you need an administrator account.
you can also bypass this btw
You can't bypass adm account. I try and cant see anything like "Key Content"
Policy controlled, not admin controlled.
By default, i think this is not restricted, since restricted really offers no practical security gain
Wow -- this is even worse than the text overflow bug that every copy of Windows suffered from (until a patch I think to Win 10 a few years ago) that could give you command control.
Hackers can try go to any public cafe n have remote access with script on usb damn
Sounds like you're talking about a MiTM attack. All this will do is show the passwords to the networks that the computer you're already on has connected to.
I have a text file on my laptop containing fun commands like this, one of them is a for loop that gets all the wifi passwords on a computer.
Super fun to know. This is why security at home is my number1
Mac is similar though keychain access. Although you will need the computers password or finger print to gain sccess
On windows you can only run the command with admin privileges
Oh no, the hacker can now camp outside my house and get terrible wi-fi!
So glad I found this guy. Honestly this is crazy did not know this... *mind blown*
Wish i could steal my neighbour's wifi 😂😂😂
This is great. I can use this when I'm helping friends, which is not a rare occurrence.
Note: I'm not a hacker (or I would already have known this, duh)
Even as a complete noob, you can prompt Chat GPT to generate batch program for you to do pretty much anything (within the limits of the batch commands).
These are the networks already saved in your pc.
That's why we can see password.
Useful when you've been logged in for so long you forgot the password you made and want to add a new device. Actually just happened to me so thanks for the info :)
Facts : Windows tips usually have more views than Linux
FYI: Quotations are used when variables in the command has spaces.
For one, it requires elevation. Secondly, Win API can also be used to do this (again elevation)
you can also click it thru since it about passwords to networks you already connected to but I guess it's faster if you remember the commands
if hackers already in my device, they dont need my goddamn wifi password XD
I did it with my college computer lab this month. I now have access to 2 wifi networks :)
yeah this is why you have guest wifis for your house, so people cant get access to your devices. even if you log in for them, it is very easy to get the password from a phone or pc
its very true, ive done it... my buddies step dad was always on a power trip with the wifi password, so i made him a script that would embed itself into his moms computer and silently send me the password every hour lol
Gotta be an admin for this to work at any normal place of business. If this works at your business, your IT team is failing.
Meh this one varies at a lot.... some don't care, since the wifi that they use is locked down as heck. And any other wifis you connect to, are going to be your personal ones.
Thanks. This will be way faster than Will Forte spelling "business."
the unattended computer at the teacher's desk:
Thanks! I always forget my own passwords and whenever we get a new device I have to look it up if I ever bother to write it down or reset everything. 😂 this will save me time in future.
So many people thinking this isn't a problem because it only knows the password for networks it has connected to. That's the whole point. So many small businesses use WiFi and the users are administrator accounts. But I've seen several businesses put their router where you can see the wifi password through a window.
This guys shorts are always eye opening
We used this back in college to get the "fast internet" meant for professors.
How did you remotely execute shell commands?
not remotely@@Grayest_Fox . A lot of times they ask us to do stuffs for them, on their PC. Like typing/correcting/editing docs etc. Even if they saw us running these commands they wouldnt know what is going on.
You can also do this much easier through the GUI.
This is a command "only" for all WiFi that has been used/connected. Not for finding a new WiFi password
I remember doing this to hack into net cafe password, man I feel like a wizard back then.
Your content is amazing. Could you upload information about cyber security learning paths for totally new persons Like me.
i agree with the comments saying this isn't a security issue at all if you're targeted by a pro cyber gang
Thats why i use MAC filtering on my personal networks. I know what devices should have access and only those devices can sign on, and the SSID isnt broadcasted either.
Though if they have access to your machine, they can easily get your MAC address and spoof it.
Please watch my latest short discussing the myth of MAC address filtering: th-cam.com/users/shorts9EtafMECFvM?feature=share and my other video about the myth of ssid hiding.
You're already connected to it. That's why your computer knows it
If someone has physical access to your computer, you can already consider it as compromised :q
Wooaa, that's a nice trick. Thank you so much David
From where do you learn these kinds of things
i feel like for a while you could go to property and do the same thing though a command is or isnt easier depending who you are
Both in console as in the wife menu you need admin rights to do this…. Also there are faster tools for that. For example Wi-Fi printer helpers from various sources….
This explains why my internet is slow!
pulling the power cord on the router fucks that up quick
SURELY, there’s no one left who still uses Windows. It’s not 1990 anymore.
WOW.... I just went up a level... Thanks David!
To be fair, this isn’t just Windows. For example, it’s easier done in Android as in you don’t need command line knowhow. There are free apps you can install (or an apk if you’re sneaky) which can retrieve the saved wifi passwords.
A moment of silence for the people who are going to think they can get neighbor's WiFi password after watching this video.
yeah only work physical presence in local network, it just don't work when your outside the local network
Thank you for enabling those who did not know. Might have been better to show us how to prevent
This command requires admin and only works with preshared keys, not WPA2/3 Enterprise 802.1X credentials. In the grand scheme of things I'd be less concerned with someone getting my WiFi password than credentials for, say, my banking information.
A problem that needs the quotations would be a space in the Wi-Fi name.
In quotations it’s seen as one string
Not sure I’m right though
You don't need to be a hacker to use this tho, I forget the office wifi everytime when installing a new workstation for the employees
You should also say you need access to the PC in question. If you haven't been connected to the wifi you'll will not get the password to the wifi. You can also use the Network Gui and click show password. it's hard do gain access to the PC in the first case.
This is only an issue if the person can actually get onto your computer physically or remotely (via malware/exploit). At that point you've bigger issues.
Did this at my old job 😂😂 as a forklift operator no service in the building but every forklift had a computer so i found the password to the network the forklifts used
Cause it is programmed to do so. The holes are on purpose, you just have to have a “key”.
This is good to know if you forgot your wifi password and want to give it to the kid your babysitting for their Switch.
This should be a class taught in all schools
Something to keep in mind, if the name of the wifi network contains spaces then you should use the double quotes else it will consider the first word only.
Did this awhile ago when my dad made 2 networks and only gave me the password to the one that shut off at 10pm. I was so proud of myself, yet still not smart enough to go to bed at a reasonable hour
sleep is overrated
By default, If I remember correctly, on most Windows operating systems, only members of the Administrators group may invoke such commands. Also, the cmd.exe or powershell.exe needs to be run as Administrator. There are a lot of nastier things an intruder could do besides revealing the WiFi credentials. Even without Administrator level access, the user's files and his entire home directory becomes a potential treasure trove if extortion is his game...
I know this is a short video but it cmd needs to be run in admin first then type netsh so will see it on the left hand side showing netsh> then type the commands and you don't have to type out or add netsh each time just the command but still good video to learn from.
You mean just like these new anti cheats?
All the gaping security holes hit like a panic attack. That OS sucks so bad.
You can do it using control panel without remembering any command, just go Control panel>Network&internet>Network&sharing centre>Click on your wifi under connections>Wirelessproperties>Security>your password is there
This is to help your grandma when she forgets her WiFi password
Thanks good sir for making it much easier now!
Use UAC to only permit admins to run the command line and don’t use an admin account for day to day use.
Yeah, but any person who’s used Windows once or twice can also do all of this in a few clicks, no command line needed.
me always staring at open computers at business wanting to get the forbidden free wifi