Password Cracking

Password Cracking - Linux

Once you’ve got a hold of a Linux password hash, you’ll need something to crack it, and we’ve got just the thing. John the Ripper is a cracker available for both Windows and Linux, and can utilize both brute force and wordlist cracking methods.

Password Cracking - Windows

Windows passwords are either LM or NTLM hashes. While you can’t get direct access to the password, you can’t get direct to the password hash and then attempt to crack it. There are quite a few ways, along with quite a few tools to accomplish this task. We’re going to show you just how easy it can be to crack a Windows password if it isn’t secure (complicated) enough.