Password Cracking

Password cracking is a fundamental hacking and digital forensics skill. Nearly every system is authenticated by the traditional username and password and even if two factor authentication is used, one is usually a password.

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Cracking passwords can take many forms. See my article of password cracking strategies before you embark upon password cracking. It will likely save you significant amounts of time.

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1. Password Cracking Strategies

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2. Cracking Online Passwords with THC-Hydra and Burp Suite

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3. Cracking Passwords Off-Line with hashcat

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4. Creating a Custom Wordlist with crunch

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5. Web Form Authentication Cracking with BurpSuite

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6. Creating a Domain Specific Wordlist with ceWL

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7. How Elliot of Mr. Robot cracks Everyone's Password

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8. Using pipal to Determine Common Password Patterns

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For Wireless (Wi-Fi) Password Cracking, check out my Wi-Fi Hacking series.

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Also, check out how to use mimikatz to capture passwords in my Metasploit series and my Mr. Robot series.