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We are going to be using arch linux, you can use you own distro whatever you are comfortable with.
First, make sure your Linux system is up to date with the newest programs and tools. on Arch linux its
sudo pacman -Syu
the package manager will change depending on your distro So you might have to type something else. if you are using kali linux or ubuntu you need to type
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
refer your package manager docs
Now to install hashcat you would do something like
sudo apt-get install hashcat
The next step is to kick start Hashcat tool in your Linux machine. Just use the following command to use Hashcat.
hashcat --help
It’ll bring up all of the options you’ll need to know to run the tool. On the terminal, you can find all the attack and hash modes.
hashcat -a num -m num hashfile wordlistfile
Here the ‘num’ represents a specific attack and hash mode to use. If you scroll the terminal, you can find the exact numbers for every attack and hash mode, like for md4 – the number is 0, and for sha256 algorithm – the number is 1740.
The wordlist I am going to use is rockyou wordlist. You can easily find that wordlist if you google for it. So i won't be linking it here
And finally, to crack the hashes using the wordlist file, use the following command.
hashcat -a 0 -m 0 ./file_containg_hashes.txt rockyou.txt
note the -a and -m flag will have different number based on what hash you are cracking.
This should start the cracking process. if you have a slow cpu and gpu expect it too take longer then usuall
Thanks for reading my tutorial
First, make sure your Linux system is up to date with the newest programs and tools. on Arch linux its
sudo pacman -Syu
the package manager will change depending on your distro So you might have to type something else. if you are using kali linux or ubuntu you need to type
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
refer your package manager docs
Now to install hashcat you would do something like
sudo apt-get install hashcat
The next step is to kick start Hashcat tool in your Linux machine. Just use the following command to use Hashcat.
hashcat --help
It’ll bring up all of the options you’ll need to know to run the tool. On the terminal, you can find all the attack and hash modes.
hashcat -a num -m num hashfile wordlistfile
Here the ‘num’ represents a specific attack and hash mode to use. If you scroll the terminal, you can find the exact numbers for every attack and hash mode, like for md4 – the number is 0, and for sha256 algorithm – the number is 1740.
The wordlist I am going to use is rockyou wordlist. You can easily find that wordlist if you google for it. So i won't be linking it here
And finally, to crack the hashes using the wordlist file, use the following command.
hashcat -a 0 -m 0 ./file_containg_hashes.txt rockyou.txt
note the -a and -m flag will have different number based on what hash you are cracking.
This should start the cracking process. if you have a slow cpu and gpu expect it too take longer then usuall
Thanks for reading my tutorial