Mar 26, 2025, 05:56 PM
Prerequisites: knowing what a hash is
Once you have a password hash you can either manually use hashcat, johntheripper or other tools to crack it. or you can go the easier route and use tools like:
crackstation[.]net
hashes[.]com
md5decrypt[.]net
hashkiller[.]co[.]uk
ntlm[.]pw
To crack a hash with hashcat:
install 'hashcat' package with ur package manager
hashcat --identify hash.txt
To see which hashing algorithm it is (md5,sha256)
if you still dont know, you can use tools like
hashid or hash-identifier or
visit hashcat[.]net/wiki/doku.phpid=example_hashes
after you found the hash, this should work:
hashcat --help | grep -E "^\s*[0-9]+"
then run:
hashcat -m (the number to ur hash type) hash.txt wordlist.txt
To crack a hash with johntheripper:
install 'john' package with ur package manager
identify the hash with the tools listed above
and run:
john --format=yourhashtype --wordlist=wordlist.txt hash.txt
you can also just run john hash.txt, but it might fail guessing the hash type, and the default wordlist is pretty weak.
i recommend using the online tools listed above, as they are very fast and have huge wordlists, i also recommend to use hashcat instead of john because it is faster.
Once you have a password hash you can either manually use hashcat, johntheripper or other tools to crack it. or you can go the easier route and use tools like:
crackstation[.]net
hashes[.]com
md5decrypt[.]net
hashkiller[.]co[.]uk
ntlm[.]pw
To crack a hash with hashcat:
install 'hashcat' package with ur package manager
hashcat --identify hash.txt
To see which hashing algorithm it is (md5,sha256)
if you still dont know, you can use tools like
hashid or hash-identifier or
visit hashcat[.]net/wiki/doku.phpid=example_hashes
after you found the hash, this should work:
hashcat --help | grep -E "^\s*[0-9]+"
then run:
hashcat -m (the number to ur hash type) hash.txt wordlist.txt
To crack a hash with johntheripper:
install 'john' package with ur package manager
identify the hash with the tools listed above
and run:
john --format=yourhashtype --wordlist=wordlist.txt hash.txt
you can also just run john hash.txt, but it might fail guessing the hash type, and the default wordlist is pretty weak.
i recommend using the online tools listed above, as they are very fast and have huge wordlists, i also recommend to use hashcat instead of john because it is faster.
