Hash Crack: Password Cracking Manual

by Joshua Picolet

The Hash Password Cracking Manual v2.0 is an expanded reference guide for password recovery (cracking) methods, tools, and analysis techniques. A compilation of basic and advanced techniques to assist penetration testers and network security professionals evaluate their organization's posture. The Hash Crack manual contains syntax and examples for the most popular cracking and analysis tools and will save you hours of research looking up tool usage. It also includes basic cracking knowledge and methodologies every security professional should know when dealing with password attack capabilities. Hash Crack contains all the tables, commands, online resources, and more to complete your cracking security kit.

Genres: Hackers, Technical, Technology

112 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review of the 3rd edition (2019): Quick guide to hash cracking and tool syntax. Book includes techniques for extracting password hashes from tons o' OSes and applications, constructing password masks, foreign character sets, applying markov chains, etc. Cool list at the end, comparing over 170 different types of hashes by the relative time it takes to crack each type.

[Rashid Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book; jampacked with ideas and techniques. No long descriptions and boring articles to yawn through, just the condensed, practical tips for someone looking for password cracking ideas. An encyclopedia for Hashcat and John the Ripper users. Each and every page is filled with practical ideas; a book worth keeping as a reference manual.

[Andrew Douma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Check that you are purchasing the latest edition! I considered this the missing link to explain to developers why using balloon hashing will become important to keep stored passphrase/passwords secure. It is the inspiration for an offensive playbook we execute every month and I recommend any software developer and system administrator pick up a copy.

[عَبدُالكَرِيمْ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i wish I read this book earlier. Althouth I'm familiar with hashcat this tool explains how to analyse passwords dumps and some advanced password cracking topics.

-1 star for just copy pasting some --help screens from tools. I hated that

[Jack]

best