Hachcat: High-Speed Password Recovery Tool for All Characters and Numbers up to 10

Hachcat is a popular password cracking tool that supports a wide range of hashing algorithms and brute-force attack methods. With Hachcat, you can recover passwords for various platforms, including Windows, UNIX, iOS, and Android.

Key Features

• High speed cracking: Hachcat uses highly optimized algorithms to speed up the password recovery process. It utilizes GPU acceleration and distributed computing for parallel processing, making it one of the fastest password cracking tools.
• Support for various hashing algorithms: Hachcat supports over 200 hash types, including well-known algorithms like MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and bcrypt.
• Customizable attacks: You can customize the dictionary-based attacks with custom wordlists or rules to generate more complex passwords. You can also use the mask attack mode to define patterns or masks for the brute-force attack.
• Wide range of platforms: Hachcat can recover passwords for various platforms, including Windows (NTLM, LM, and Active Directory), UNIX (MD5, crypt, and SHA512), iOS (iTunes backup), and Android (APK files).

Usage

Hachcat is a command-line tool and requires some technical knowledge to use. Here is an overview of the basic usage:

1. Download and install Hachcat from the official website.
2. Open the command prompt and navigate to the Hachcat directory.
3. Run the following command to start the password cracking process:

hashcat -m <hash type> <hash file> <dictionary file>

• hash type: The hash algorithm used for the password. You can find the list of supported hash types in the Hachcat documentation.
• hash file: The file containing the hashed passwords. You can get this file from the target system or application you want to crack.
• dictionary file: The file containing the wordlist or rules for the dictionary-based attack. You can either use the built-in wordlists or create your own.

4. Hachcat will start the password cracking process and will display the cracked passwords if successful.

Example

Let's suppose that we have a Windows 10 machine with an NTLM hash password and we want to crack it using a dictionary attack. We can use Hachcat with the following command:

hashcat -m 1000 hashfile.txt rockyou.txt

• 1000: The hash type for NTLM.
• hashfile.txt: The file containing the target NTLM hash password.
• rockyou.txt: The dictionary file containing commonly used passwords.

Hachcat will start the password cracking process and will display the cracked password if found.

Conclusion

Hachcat is a powerful password cracking tool that can help you recover lost or forgotten passwords quickly. However, it's important to note that using Hachcat to crack passwords without permission is illegal and unethical. Always use Hachcat for legitimate purposes only.