Cracking a hashed password with hashcat

• naive-hashcat

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  Crack password hashes without the fuss :cat2:

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.

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