How encrypted passwords work on a Linux system.
How the password format in the /etc/passwd file works on Linux.
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Cracking Linux passwords with hashcat in 2024.
How to crack Linux user account passwords with hashcat on Linux.
Read MoreHow to brute force a server and discover valid credentials like usernames.
How to use Nmap to brute force usernames on a remote server.
Read MorePSX Doom cheats and passwords.
Some cheats and passwords for PSX Doom.
Read MoreFind Remote Desktop connections online with a Google Dork.
Useful Google Dorks to find RDP files and passwords online. Very effective tips.
Read MoreCracking Linux user passwords on Linux using hashcat.
How to use hashcat-nvidia to crack a Linux password, and how to crack yescrypt
Read MoreHow to generate a very secure password very quickly.
How to use the Linux command line to generate a secure password. And how to create a password string for /etc/shadow with the command line.
Read MoreHow to find more interesting stuff online with Google.
Some very useful Google Dorks for 2022. These can find some very interesting files. Like @pwcache files and /etc/passwd files containing Linux passwords…
Read MoreHow to crack Cisco 7 “encrypted” passwords with a simple tool.
This website will crack Cisco 7 passwords instantly. http://www.ibeast.com/content/tools/ciscopassword/. This shows that this type of “encryption” is useless when an attacker has access to view the configuration of the switch. Better to use more stringent encryption like 4096 bit. But this is the way that Cisco work. If you get…
Read MoreSample Linux password files and how they work.
The /etc/passwd file contains each user, one on each line. And the user ID number, then the home directory and the shell used by that user. /etc/passwd1 2 3 4 5 sifiso:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sifiso:/bin/bash info:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/info:/bin/bash sales:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sales:/bin/bash admin:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/admin:/home/commitec siphiwos:x:1794:1790::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/siphiwos:/home/commitecsifiso:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sifiso:/bin/bash info:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/info:/bin/bash sales:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/sales:/bin/bash admin:x:554:554::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/admin:/home/commitec siphiwos:x:1794:1790::/home/commitec/mail/commitec.co.za/siphiwos:/home/commitec Then the /etc/shadow file contains the username again, then the…
Read MoreHow to find saved WIFI passwords in Ubuntu easily.
To find all the saved WIFI passwords and Ethernet connection information on your Linux desktop or laptop, navigate to this directory. /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections Here are the connections on my laptop. ┌─[root@parrot]─[/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections] └──╼ #ls -hula total 20K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 24 13:36 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4.0K Aug…
Read MoreGenerate an assortment of random passwords with a simple command.
Generate secure passwords for your user accounts The pwgen command will generate a set of random passwords that may be used to secure your user account. Type this command to install this utility. root@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:~# apt-get install pwgenroot@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:~# apt-get install pwgen Now we can generate a few passwords. jason@DESKTOP-R72SPS3:/mnt/c/Users/johnc$ pwgen -s…
Read MoreCracking Windows 10 passwords with john the ripper on Kali Linux 2016.
Break Windows 10 password hashes with Kali Linux and John the Ripper Cracking the SAM file in Windows 10 is easy with Kali Linux. Use a Live Kali Linux DVD and mount the Windows 10 partition. Firstly, get the SAM and SYSTEM files from the C:\Windows\System32\config folder. Copy these to…
Read MoreHow to list all passwords on a Cisco switch.
This Cisco command will list all passwords on a switch. mrrobot#sh ru | inc password service password-encryption password 7 00141215174C04140B70 password 7 00141215174C04140B70mrrobot#sh ru | inc password service password-encryption password 7 00141215174C04140B70 password 7 00141215174C04140B70 The inc command looks for any text that matches the argument. Like this: mrrobot#sh ru…
Read MoreDebian 8 still stores WIFI passwords in plain text.
The /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections directory in Debian and Ubuntu stores files that are named after the WIFI networks you have connected to. These contain the passwords for the wireless networks that your machine has connected to. Here is a sample file. [connection] id=detportal uuid=539c7711-95ba-4f0a-8797-33d32ec779d7 type=802-11-wireless [802-11-wireless] ssid=detportal mode=infrastructure security=802-11-wireless-security [802-11-wireless-security]…
Read MoreHow to crack Linux passwords using john the ripper.
Firstly, for the purposes of this exercise, we are creating a new user with a simple password. I used a user named “vaas” and gave him the simple password “password”. Then run this command to create the file that john the ripper will be using. ubuntu@ip-172-31-20-16:~$ sudo unshadow /etc/passwd /etc/shadow…
Read MoreLinux storing passwords in plain text. Here is the truth of the matter.
The NetworkManager daemon on Linux does store WIFI passwords in plain text, but you need root access to read the files. Here is a sample WIFI connection file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections. homer@deusexmachina /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections $ sudo cat PIZZACATSWIFI [connection] id=PIZZACATSWIFI uuid=f4f0260d-ca5e-4b86-808d-3dce65fa80cf type=802-11-wireless [802-11-wireless] ssid=PIZZACATSWIFI mode=infrastructure mac-address=4C:0F:6E:5D:E1:25 security=802-11-wireless-security [802-11-wireless-security] key-mgmt=wpa-psk auth-alg=open…
Read MoreExamples of the worst passwords that are currently in use around the world.
These are the most commonly used passwords that users all over the world currently use. It is not too hard to generate a better password using multiple combinations of upper and lower case letters and numbers coupled with other characters. This will help you create a proper password that will…
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