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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
Keylogging with Metasploit
We will start this chapter by exploring Metasploit’s built in key scanner. Metasploit has a helpful set of Meterpreter commands for capturing keys pressed on a target machine.
     keyscan_dump
     keyscan_start
     keyscan_stop
These commands are available through Meterpreter, so we will start with a system that we have already run an exploit on and were successful in creating a remote session. We will use our Windows 11 system as a target. We will need System level access, so after we get the remote session, we will have to run the “getsystem” command.
If we type “help” at the Meterpreter prompt we will be given a list of commands that we can run. For this section we are concerned with just the “keyscan” commands:
So, let’s go ahead and see what it looks like when we start a remote keylogger. Then we will view the captured key...