thc-hydra VS naive-hashcat

Nice tool, only unfortunate name, consider changing it. Already very well know security tool named hydra https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra been around since 2001. Then facebook went ahead and named their config tool hydra https://github.com/facebookresearch/hydra on top of it. Like we get it, hydra popular mythology but we could use more original naming for tools

I just started learning Rust, but I will begin building a brute-force tool. Hydra is great but lacks updates, IMHO. I started using Golang, but it sucks (I love the Go language, but it sucks for this type of task).

Hydra

Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) starting at 2023-01-28 16:31:17 [WARNING] the rdp module is experimental. Please test, report - and if possible, fix. [WARNING] Restorefile (ignored ...) from a previous session found, to prevent overwriting, ./hydra.restore [DATA] max 3 tasks per 1 server, overall 3 tasks, 21112 login tries (l:104/p:203), ~7038 tries per task [DATA] attacking rdp://10.129.202.136:3389/ [STATUS] 166.00 tries/min, 166 tries in 00:01h, 20946 to do in 02:07h, 3 active [STATUS] 121.67 tries/min, 365 tries in 00:03h, 20747 to do in 02:51h, 3 active [3389][rdp] account on 10.129.202.136 might be valid but account not active for remote desktop: login: password: , continuing attacking the account. [STATUS] 86.29 tries/min, 604 tries in 00:07h, 20509 to do in 03:58h, 2 active [ERROR] all children were disabled due too many connection errors 0 of 1 target completed, 0 valid password found [INFO] Writing restore file because 2 server scans could not be completed [ERROR] 1 target was disabled because of too many errors [ERROR] 1 targets did not complete Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) finished at 2023-01-28 16:38:23

I am searching for people interested in coding an alternative to the thc-hydra project, with additional features (implementing the Shodan api to make it automated, etc...)

Hydra (https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra) starting at 2022-10-22 13:09:13

For this, I downloaded wordlists such as the rockyou wordlist and used tools such as Hashcat and John the ripper.

For decrypting the .cap file, we've different techniques. We'll use simple technique using aircrack-ng only. It'll help us crack the password using a wordlist. You can use rockyou.txt wordlist which is most commonly used & is updated on regular basis.

First, any sort of password that uses an actual word (English or otherwise) has a far greater chance of being cracked. This is due to the fact that common password lists (e.g. the rockyou list) contain millions of unique entries from sites around the web. Many people share a favorite animal or plant as well, so unless your favorite animal is something unique like Mustela erminea there's a good chance that it's an entry in a list somewhere.

Most of the time a DB of hashed passwords is leaked/stolen and the attacker has unlimited attempts to brute force that. What's also commonly done is that they run it against dictionaries (and there are some pretty good dictionaries for that and some of them are easily accessible online) and if the DB is large enough, they're practically guaranteed to get hits immediately.

Looking at the GitHub page for naive hashcat, it appears as though it only takes at most three arguments. Is there a reason you're using it over regular hashcat?

First, it is important to know how the process works. Hashing is a process essentially different from encryption - you can only do it once. It means that we cannot really recover the plaintext of a hashed password; instead, we can only compare its hash with our guesses. So, it's like hashing several words and seeing which of them matches exaclty our hash. Then, it must be the password. We can automatize this process with two tools: hashcat and a dictionary of potential passwords. This kind of dictionary is easy to find on internet, so we are going to use rock you.

I use only SecLists (https://github.com/brannondorsey/naive-hashcat/releases/download/data/rockyou.txt)

rainbow table ("dictionary") plaintext or broken list of common passwords (i.e. Rockyou) leaked from many sources ^ those give you an idea of what people think are "clever" passwords

It's important to choose strong passwords. That's because there are lists of millions passwords like rockyou.txt which can be used to brute force your Linux system using hydra.