Hashcat is a powerful tool for recovering lost passwords, and, thanks to GPU acceleration, it’s one of the fastest. It works by rapidly trying different password guesses to determine the original password from its scrambled (hashed) version.

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Carrie Roberts // *Guest Blog You have a password hash you would like to crack for a password that contains an Umlaut. You know, the two dots over a letter […]

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Derrick Rauch and Kent Ickler // (Updated 3/22/2019) First, to see what our build looks like, look here: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/build-password-cracker-nvidia-gtx-1080ti-gtx-1070/ What’s next? Time for System Rebuild! First, you need to decide whether you […]

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Kent Ickler // It seemed like we were always cross-referencing the Hashcat Wiki or help file when working with Hashcat. We needed things like specific flags, hash examples, or command […]

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Kent Ickler// TLDR: We use a custom dictionary to crack Microsoft Office document encryption.  Then we use a custom dictionary for pwnage in LinkedIn hash database. Background: I recently got […]

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Carrie Roberts* // (Updated, 2/11/2019) Trying to figure out the password for a password protected MS Office document? This free solution might do the trick. It attempts to guess the password […]

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Jordan Drysdale & Kent Ickler // In this webcast, we demonstrate some standard methodologies utilized during an internal network review. We also discuss various tools used to test network defenses […]

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Kent Ickler // The Task Buy The Things: Total for new password cracking machine$5110 A Few Quick Lessons The CPU cooler doesn’t actually clear the case cover. This was OK […]

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