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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
Crunch - Using the Charset.lst File
Crunch’s Charset.lst file contains a list of keywords that are pre-defined as alphanumeric or symbol strings. We can use these keywords so we don’t have to manually type in the characters that we want to use. The file is located in the “/usr/share/crunch” directory. If we view the file, we can see what keyword sets are available:
     cd /usr/share/crunch
     cat charset.lst
We can use any of the defined sets, for example:
     sudo crunch 2 4 -f charset.lst mixalpha-numeric-all -o mixedall.txt
This command creates a wordlist that cycles through two-to-four-character words that contains all letters, numbers and symbols. Most websites are requiring new accounts to use at least letter and number combinations. So having wordlists with these combinations are a good start.
It is also very common to have strings of numbers in passwords. I have seen them...