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Ethical Password Cracking - Decode passwords using John the Ripper hashcat and advanced methods for password breaking - cover

Ethical Password Cracking - Decode passwords using John the Ripper hashcat and advanced methods for password breaking

James Leyte-Vidal

Publisher: Packt Publishing

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Whether you’re looking to crack passwords as part of a thorough security audit or aiming to recover vital information, this book will equip you with the skills to accomplish your goals. Written by a cybersecurity expert with over fifteen years of experience in penetration testing, Ethical Password Cracking offers a thorough understanding of password protection and the correct approach to retrieving password-protected data.As you progress through the chapters, you first familiarize yourself with how credentials are stored, delving briefly into the math behind password cracking. Then, the book will take you through various tools and techniques to help you recover desired passwords before focusing on common cracking use cases, hash recovery, and cracking. Real-life examples will prompt you to explore brute-force versus dictionary-based approaches and teach you how to apply them to various types of credential storage.By the end of this book, you'll understand how passwords are protected and how to crack the most common credential types with ease.
Available since: 07/15/2024.
Print length: 168 pages.

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