Summary
In this chapter, we introduced you to the concept of password cracking, the various types of cracking attacks, how passwords are stored and used, and some of the reasoning behind what makes a stronger password. With this, you have laid the groundwork to get started with various types of password cracking.
However, wouldn’t it be easier if we never had to crack a password at all? In some cases, we can, because of readily available information such as previous data breaches and poor password practices such as password reuse. In the next chapter, we will examine how to use OSINT to find information from previous breaches or to build custom wordlists for specific targets.
