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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook End-to-end penetration testing solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787121829
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Himanshu Sharma Himanshu Sharma
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Kali – An Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Gathering Intel and Planning Attack Strategies 3. Vulnerability Assessment 4. Web App Exploitation – Beyond OWASP Top 10 5. Network Exploitation on Current Exploitation 6. Wireless Attacks – Getting Past Aircrack-ng 7. Password Attacks – The Fault in Their Stars 8. Have Shell Now What? 9. Buffer Overflows 10. Playing with Software-Defined Radios 11. Kali in Your Pocket – NetHunters and Raspberries 12. Writing Reports

Identifying different types of hash in the wild!


Hashes are generated by one-way mathematical algorithms, which means they cannot be reversed. The only way to break is to brute force them. In this recipe, you will learn how to identify some of the different types of hashes.

How to do it...

Following are the types of hashes.

MD5

This is the most common type of hash. MD stands for Message Digest algorithm. These hashes can be identified using the following observation:

  • They are hexadecimal
  • They are 32 characters in length and of 128 bits, for example, 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3

MySQL less than v4.1

We may come across such hashes while extracting data from SQL Injection. These hashes can be identified using the following observation:

  • They are hexadecimal as well
  • They are 16 characters in length of and 64 bits, for example, 606727496645bcba

MD5 (WordPress)

This is used on websites made via WordPress. These hashes can be identified using the following observation:

  • They begin with $P$
  • They contain alphanumeric...
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