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Credential Access with Hashcat

Hashcat is the number one offline password cracker used by red team members and penetration testers. If you want to learn how to use Hashcat to crack passwords with different password cracking techniques, then this course is for you.

Intermediate
28m
(11)

Created by Dawid Czagan

Last Updated May 04, 2020

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Credential Access with Hashcat

Hashcat is the number one offline password cracker used by red team members and penetration testers. If you want to learn how to use Hashcat to crack passwords with different password cracking techniques, then this course is for you.

Intermediate
28m
(11)

Created by Dawid Czagan

Last Updated May 04, 2020

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What you'll learn

Red team members and penetration testers need to know how to crack passwords with different password cracking techniques. In this course, Credential Access with Hashcat, you will learn about Hashcat, the number one offline password cracker. First, you will see how to launch a dictionary attack using Hashcat. Next, you will discover how you can crack more passwords when you launch a dictionary attack with a rule. Then, you will learn how to launch a dictionary attack with a mask, also known as a hybrid attack). Finally, you will explore how to use Hashcat to crack password-protected PDF and DOCX files. By the end of this course, you will know how to use Hashcat to crack passwords with different password cracking techniques.

Credential Access with Hashcat
Intermediate
28m
(11)
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Dawid Czagan
11 courses 4.1 author rating 537 ratings

Dawid Czagan is listed among the Top 10 Hackers by HackerOne. He has found security vulnerabilities in Google, Yahoo, Mozilla, Microsoft, Twitter, and other companies. Due to the severity of these bugs, he has received numerous awards for his findings.

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