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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
Automating Password Attacks with Ncrack
Tool Authors: Fotis Hantzis, Fyodor
Last but not least, we could use Ncrack with the recovered credentials against our target system. Ncrack is a high-speed automated authentication cracking tool. Though it is preferred now to use Nmap’s brute force scripts from the Nmap Scripting Engine (https://nmap.org/book/nse.html) , this is still a very useful tool.
     Enter, “ncrack -h” to display available options
     ncrack -p 21 -U ~/Users -P ~/Passwords [Metasploitable2_IP]
Between the three tools, I really do not have a preference. Also remember that these tools could be used against Windows systems as well. Better yet, they can be used against multiple systems, so once you get a username/password combo, you can try it against all the systems in a network. Depending on how stealthy you want to...