When you have used and try all your dictionaries and the passwords still does not give up... then you need to extend your attack ( assuming the dictionary is prima sort ). The ways that hashcat offers are several. There is the dictionary attack, which we discussed at the very beginning (POST#1). We…

So you want to be a password cracker, huh? Let us show you how it's done. In this post you will learn how to crack passwords with hashcat dictionary attack. First things first. A few things are required for Hashcat to begin cracking in dictionary mode: Hash(es) to crack Hash id for given hash(es) …

In the previous post, we learned about one of the attack methods that hashcat offers - the dictionary attack. To perform such attack we need dictionary - a good dictionary, Let's be clear we need solid and (not always) big dictionary to perform good attack. Let's start by explaining what a wordlist,…