Practical password auditing with hashcat
Security audit. Breaking hash smartly

We now have everything we need to take action. We have hardware and software tools, including one or more graphics cards and the software hashcat. We also have ready-to-use dictionaries, sometimes grouped together in a single file if required, and we know the points of influence to optimize our technique, and of course we have a database of hashes to crack.

First, let's familiarize ourselves with the software by launching it in assistance mode to discover its countless options:

The product poster is divided into main chapters:

1. The arguments and their functions that the controller accepts to carry out its mission;

2. Recognized cryptographic formats (known as hash modes "and their category;

3. Output file formats ;

4. The format of debugging...