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Password Cracking with Kali Linux

By : Daniel W. Dieterle
Book Image

Password Cracking with Kali Linux

By: Daniel W. Dieterle

Overview of this book

Unlock the secrets of Windows password security with "Password Cracking with Kali Linux," your essential guide to navigating password-cracking techniques. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Windows security fundamentals, arming you with the knowledge and tools for effective ethical hacking. The course begins with a foundational understanding of password security, covering prerequisites, lab setup, and an overview of the journey ahead. You'll explore Kerberoasting, tools like Rubeus, Mimikatz, and various attack methods, providing a solid base for understanding password vulnerabilities. The course focuses on practical applications of password cracking, including wordlist generation using tools like Crunch and Hashcat, and exploring various attack strategies. You'll delve into John the Ripper and Hashcat functionalities, learning to identify hash types and crack complex passwords efficiently. The course wraps up with advanced techniques in Linux password cracking and defense strategies. You'll gain insights into creating leaderboards, achievements, and monetizing games, equipping you with skills to not just crack passwords but also secure systems effectively.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Password Cracking with Kali Linux
2
Dedication
3
About the Author
4
Thank You
5
Contents
Rules and Mask Files
Rule based attacks
Mentioned briefly before, rule-based attacks can be very useful. Hashcat has a list of built-in rules that you can use to crack passwords. You can find them in the Hashcat “rules” subdirectory. For example, there are “leetspeak” rule sets that automatically takes each dictionary word and tries different leet-speak versions of the word, replacing letters with numbers. You can even use a programming type language to create your own rulesets.
Rule based attacks are use in single attack mode. They are enabled by using the -rswitch and the name of the ruleset you want:
The Best64, InsidePro, Dive, Rockyou-30000 & d3ad0ne rules are some of the more popular ones and are very effective. My best advice for rules is to start with the smaller rule files (look at their file size) and then move on to the larger ones. The smaller ones usually run fairly quick; the larger ones can take significantly longer to...