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Hashcat

World's fastest password recovery tool

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Description

Hashcat is the world's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility. It supports five unique modes of attack for over 300 highly-optimized hashing algorithms using GPU acceleration.

Installation

BASH 
sudo apt install hashcat

# From source
git clone https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat.git
cd hashcat && make

Basic Usage

BASH 
# Common hash types
hashcat -m 0 hash.txt wordlist.txt     # MD5
hashcat -m 100 hash.txt wordlist.txt   # SHA1
hashcat -m 1400 hash.txt wordlist.txt  # SHA256
hashcat -m 1000 hash.txt wordlist.txt  # NTLM
hashcat -m 3200 hash.txt wordlist.txt  # bcrypt

Advanced Usage

BASH 
# Attack modes
hashcat -a 0 -m 0 hash.txt wordlist.txt          # Dictionary
hashcat -a 3 -m 0 hash.txt ?a?a?a?a?a?a           # Brute force
hashcat -a 6 -m 0 hash.txt wordlist.txt ?d?d       # Hybrid (word + digits)

# With rules
hashcat -m 0 hash.txt wordlist.txt -r rules/best64.rule

# Show cracked
hashcat --show hash.txt

# Benchmark
hashcat -b

# Specific device
hashcat -m 0 hash.txt wordlist.txt -d 1
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