Brute Force Attack

What is John the Ripper and How Does it Work?

Tech20202021-01-26T12:13:56+00:00Categories: Computer & Network Concepts|Tags: Brute Force Attack, cryptocurrency wallets, Dictionary attack, Encrypted private keys, GNU-licensed, Incremental, John the Ripper, Kali, Linux, Network traffic captures, Password, Password Checker, Rainbow tables, Rapid7, SSH, Unix, Wordlist|

John the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. It was designed to test password strength, brute-force encrypted (hashed) passwords, and crack passwords via dictionary attacks. John the Ripper is a part of the Rapid7 family of penetration testing/ hacking tools. Also, John is already installed on Kali Linux. First, we advocate for ethical [...]

Five Phases of Ethical Hacking

Tech20202020-09-01T12:45:08+00:00Categories: Certified Ethical Hacker, Network Security|Tags: BEC attack, Brute Force Attack, Buffer overflow ttack, Clearing Tracks, Cyber Attacks, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberSecurity, DDoS attack, Ethical Hacking, Firewall, Five Phases of Ethical Hacking, Gaining Access, Hacker, Maintaining Access, man-in-the-middle, MITM attack, Network Attacks, Network Security, Phishing Attack, Reconnaissance phase, Session Hijacking, Spofing attack|

In this post, we talked about the types of hackers. One of them is ethical hacker. We discuss about the five steps of ethical hacking now. Of course, not necessarily a hacker has to follow these 5 steps in a sequential manner: Note: Hacking is illegal. The only purpose of hacking is to secure [...]

Tech20202020-08-14T07:31:06+00:00Categories: Network Security|Tags: Authentication, Brute Force Attack, Captcha, Credential Stuffing, Cyber Attacks, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberSecurity, Dictionary attack, Dictionary attacks, Encryption, Hybrid brute force attacks, MFA, Multi-Factor Authentication, Network Attacks, Network Security, password complexity, password length, Password Manager, Rainbow table attacks, Salt the hash, Simple brute force attacks, Throttle rate|

A brute force attack (exhaustive search) is a cryptographic hack that relies on guessing possible combinations of a targeted password until the correct password is discovered. This attack uses trial-and-error to guess login info, encryption keys, or find a hidden web page. Brute force attacks don’t employ an intellectual strategy. These attacks simply try using [...]