Hashcat

  • To identify the type of hash, we could a tool such as hashid or hash-identifier

  • Or we can utilize hashcat to identify the hash type like below

hashcat --identify jbercov.hash
  18200 | Kerberos 5, etype 23, AS-REP                        | Network Protocol

hashcat -a 0 -m 18200 jbercov.hash.hashcat /usr/share/seclists/rockyou.txt --force

Example

  • Hash f806fc5a2a0d5ba2471600758452799c

hashcat -a 0 -m 0 f806fc5a2a0d5ba2471600758452799c /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt
hashcat (v6.1.1) starting...
f806fc5a2a0d5ba2471600758452799c:rockyou

Session..........: hashcat
Status...........: Cracked
Hash.Name........: MD5
Hash.Target......: f806fc5a2a0d5ba2471600758452799c
Time.Started.....: Mon Oct 11 08:20:50 2021 (0 secs)
Time.Estimated...: Mon Oct 11 08:20:50 2021 (0 secs)
Guess.Base.......: File (/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt)
Guess.Queue......: 1/1 (100.00%)
Speed.#1.........:   114.1 kH/s (0.02ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1 Thr:1 Vec:8
Recovered........: 1/1 (100.00%) Digests
Progress.........: 40/40 (100.00%)
Rejected.........: 0/40 (0.00%)
Restore.Point....: 0/40 (0.00%)
Restore.Sub.#1...: Salt:0 Amplifier:0-1 Iteration:0-1
Candidates.#1....: 123456 -> 123123

Started: Mon Oct 11 08:20:49 2021
Stopped: Mon Oct 11 08:20:52 2021
  • -a 0 sets the attack mode to a dictionary attack

  • -m 0 sets the hash mode for cracking MD5 hashes; for other types, run hashcat -h for a list of supported hashes.

  • f806fc5a2a0d5ba2471600758452799c this option could be a single hash like our example or a file that contains a hash or multiple hashes.

  • /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt the wordlist/dictionary file for our attack

  • We run hashcat with --show option to show the cracked value if the hash has been cracked:

Brute-Force attack

  • Brute force a 4 digit pin

  • -a 3 sets the attacking mode as a brute-force attack

  • ?d?d?d?d the ?d tells hashcat to use a digit. In our case, ?d?d?d?d for four digits starting with 0000 and ending at 9999

  • --stdout print the result to the terminal

Example of 4 digit pin hash

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