Tools / zbdsniff (KillerBee)

zbdsniff (KillerBee)

SOFTWARE MATURE
River Loop Security · Zigbee
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KillerBee's key-extraction tool. Scans a capture for an over-the-air key transport (APS Transport-Key during a device join) and recovers the Zigbee network key, the classic break when the key is sent under the well-known default Trust Center link key 'ZigBeeAlliance09'. Feed it a PCAP of a join and it prints the network key.

KillerBee is not archived and zbdsniff is Python 3, but the last commit was 2022-08-19. Wireshark's Zigbee dissector extracts the key from an APS Transport Key frame and adds it to its keyring once the link key is entered under Pre-configured Keys. Source · checked 2026-09-28

USED IN THE WAYFINDER

Zigbee / 802.15.4 · CR