password-cracking

Tools & Defense

Password Cracking with Hashcat: Modes, Rules, Masks, and Cracking NTLM & Kerberos

A practical guide to Hashcat: hash modes, rule-based and mask attacks, and cracking NTLM and Kerberos hashes plus how to defend.
Tools & Defense

John the Ripper in Practice: From Hash Extraction to Rule-Based Cracking

A practical guide to John the Ripper: *2john extraction, format detection, wordlist and rule-based attacks, plus blue-team defenses.