I mentioned in my Tcpdump Masterclass that Wireshark is capable of decrypting SSL/TLS encrypted data in packets captured in any supported format and that if anyone wanted to know how for them to ask. Someone did, so here it is. This is an extremely useful Wireshark feature, particularly when troubleshooting within highly secure network architectures.
In this manual, I highlighted the most basic steps of using and detailed the main operating modes of the program. This instruction is designed for absolute beginners. I hope it will reduce the number of ‘children's’ questions.
How to run and use hashcat (an instruction for hacking passwords) is a program for hacking passwords, it's a powerful application with lots of features. However, this is not the easiest to use program, therefore you need to spend time learning it.
In this manual, the most typical situations with hashcat are described. We will consider considered as very ‘childish’ questions, like ‘how to run hashcat’, and rather complex, like the correct composition of masks, custom character sets, program options, problem solving and so on. The peculiarity of hashcat is the very high speed of brute-force passwords, which is achieved through the simultaneous use of all video cards, as well as central processors in the system. It is possible to work if several video cards or video adapters of different manufacturers are installed (for example, AMD and NVIDIA). When I click on hashcat64.exe a black window flashes, and then disappears Hashcat is a command-line utility. So it does not have a graphical interface in the form of a familiar window. Therefore, Windows users may think that the program is launched in an unusual way.
To start the program, open the command window (or PowerShell). To do this, press Win+x, and select Windows PowerShell: Then you can act in two ways. The first option: you can just drag-n-drop the executable file into the command window. The executable file is hashcat64.exe or hashcat32.exe depending on your system. The second option: on the command line, you can change the current working directory to the one where executable hashcat files are located. For example, my program is located in the folder C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0, to change the current working folder, use the cd command, after which the folder to which you specify the desired folder, in my case the command looks like this: cd C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0 As you can see from the screenshot, the folder C: WINDOWS system32 is changed to C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0.
Now to start the program it is enough to type the name of the executable file indicating the current folder. The current folder is indicated by a period (.), Then you need to put a backslash, it looks like this:. Hashcat64.exe Since we did not enter any options, nothing happens, only a brief hint is displayed. Throughout the instruction, we will run the executable hashcat file with options. The simplest option is -h, if you write it, you will get a reference for using the program:. Hashcat64.exe -h Download hashcat Download hashcat from the official site by the link: You will see: The site has hashcat binaries and hashcat sources. The first is binary (executable) files, the second is the source code.
We need binaries, i.e. Hashcat binaries.
How to install hashcat Hashcat does not require installation, since it is a portable program. It is enough to unpack the downloaded archive. If you have problems with unpacking the.7z format, then use the program (archiver with a high compression ratio).
I mentioned in my Tcpdump Masterclass that Wireshark is capable of decrypting SSL/TLS encrypted data in packets captured in any supported format and that if anyone wanted to know how for them to ask. Someone did, so here it is. This is an extremely useful Wireshark feature, particularly when troubleshooting within highly secure network architectures.
In this manual, I highlighted the most basic steps of using and detailed the main operating modes of the program. This instruction is designed for absolute beginners. I hope it will reduce the number of ‘children's’ questions.
How to run and use hashcat (an instruction for hacking passwords) is a program for hacking passwords, it's a powerful application with lots of features. However, this is not the easiest to use program, therefore you need to spend time learning it.
In this manual, the most typical situations with hashcat are described. We will consider considered as very ‘childish’ questions, like ‘how to run hashcat’, and rather complex, like the correct composition of masks, custom character sets, program options, problem solving and so on. The peculiarity of hashcat is the very high speed of brute-force passwords, which is achieved through the simultaneous use of all video cards, as well as central processors in the system. It is possible to work if several video cards or video adapters of different manufacturers are installed (for example, AMD and NVIDIA). When I click on hashcat64.exe a black window flashes, and then disappears Hashcat is a command-line utility. So it does not have a graphical interface in the form of a familiar window. Therefore, Windows users may think that the program is launched in an unusual way.
To start the program, open the command window (or PowerShell). To do this, press Win+x, and select Windows PowerShell: Then you can act in two ways. The first option: you can just drag-n-drop the executable file into the command window. The executable file is hashcat64.exe or hashcat32.exe depending on your system. The second option: on the command line, you can change the current working directory to the one where executable hashcat files are located. For example, my program is located in the folder C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0, to change the current working folder, use the cd command, after which the folder to which you specify the desired folder, in my case the command looks like this: cd C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0 As you can see from the screenshot, the folder C: WINDOWS system32 is changed to C: Users Alex Downloads hashcat-4.1.0.
Now to start the program it is enough to type the name of the executable file indicating the current folder. The current folder is indicated by a period (.), Then you need to put a backslash, it looks like this:. Hashcat64.exe Since we did not enter any options, nothing happens, only a brief hint is displayed. Throughout the instruction, we will run the executable hashcat file with options. The simplest option is -h, if you write it, you will get a reference for using the program:. Hashcat64.exe -h Download hashcat Download hashcat from the official site by the link: You will see: The site has hashcat binaries and hashcat sources. The first is binary (executable) files, the second is the source code.
We need binaries, i.e. Hashcat binaries.
How to install hashcat Hashcat does not require installation, since it is a portable program. It is enough to unpack the downloaded archive. If you have problems with unpacking the.7z format, then use the program (archiver with a high compression ratio).