Questions tagged [dictionary]
A dictionary is a list of possible or common password that are used to crack passwords in a brute force attack. Such an attack is known as a dictionary attack.
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What's the most simple approach to this wordlist generation and ruleset problem?
This is a password recovery project, which is more complex than just generated a wordlist, since using my tries (see below) it seems to be not enough to just generate a wordlist.
I'm trying to recover ...
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Windows AD - Fake User Account with Multiple Passwords to Detect Password Spray
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I'm trying to implement a fake user account that has multiple sets of credentials that can be used. Instead of a specific password, any one password from a list of them could be used to ...
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How to crack KeePass database when knowing the first part of the master password [duplicate]
I have a KeePass 2.47 database which is protected with a master password and a key file.
I managed to lose the 2nd part of my master password. So, I have access to the database, the key file and the ...
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How long would it take to crack hashed password stored in plain sight?
I want to store a password hash in plain sight. If I am using a dictionary to crack an Argon2 hashed password that I am storing in plain sight, how long would it take (assuming my password is ...
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Is a sufficiently long password unsafe just because it only consists of 2-3 letter long mixed-case dictionary words and numbers?
Entropy/Length/Complexity of a password is pretty straight forward and cant really vary much.
For Dictionary Similarity, i would assume that a software just checks how many characters in a password ...
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How to limit number strings with crunch
I'm currently trying to generate a very specific word list. The words generated should go like this:
crunch 9 9 -t @%%%%%%,,-o test.txt
But one of the constraints that I have given myself is that the ...
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After a password leak, is there a Levenshtein distance from which one a newly derivated password can be considered safe?
After a password leak, is there a Levenshtein distance from which one a newly derivated password can be considered safe?
I assume yes, given that if e.g. the word was "password", and the new ...
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Are dictionary and rainbow table attacks a subset of brute force attacks or are they seperate?
This is more of a question on the actual use of the terms rather than the definitions, so my question is this:
Are dictionary and rainbow table attacks a type of brute force attack or are they ...
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How to generate all possible combinations of a forgotten password
I have forgotten my password but I know the words used in the password. I remember the password was something like [email protected].
Is there any software that can produce all combinations like ...
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In Hashcat, How to generate combinatior attacks consisting of more than two words (in lenght)?
I am trying to make a combinator attack using just one dictionary:
word1
word2
word3
word4
word5
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And would like to try all 4-words-length permutations separated by commas:
word1,word2,word3,word4
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Password generation
I'm trying to generate all possible variation of a password.
The base word is like "PleaseSub!" and I need all possible version of it with uppercase, lowercase, etc.. I know there is ...
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Regarding Dictionary Attack
Since most websites will let user retry their password, lets say 3 times in a row, in case of mistype or forgotten password.
Exceeding the set number of retry the account will be locked or timed out.
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Smaller password lists [closed]
I hack wifi passwords with kali linux on airmon-ng and I make always password lists with crunch but the lists are always too long (I'm talking about <100 PT) and I want to know if is there a ...
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Making custom wordlists for languages besides English
I'm testing a site whose audience doesn't usually have English as their main language. When it comes to non-English, I consider there to be 3 groups
The target language's alphabet is a subset of the ...
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Building a dictionary [duplicate]
I want to create a list of passwords to perform dictionary attack. Please show me how to build a password dictionary file. First, I gather information from users like hobbies, date of birth, favorite ...
