Password cracking
Scanning and finding vulnerabilities in web or other technology applications is an integral part of the overall cyberattack flow. However, the ultimate goal is to gain access to the target and, if possible, elevate your privileges once inside so that you can wreak all manners of remorseless havoc.
Hydra
Hydra is a password-cracking tool that is widely used for performing online password attacks on various network protocols. Its design is meant to help cybersecurity pentesters and other offensive security personnel work against the security of network systems by guessing and/or identifying weak passwords.
Here are some highlights of Hydra:
- Support for multiple types of protocols
- Brute-force and dictionary attacks
- Parallelized attack sessions
- Customizable attack parameters
- Session resumption and pause/resume functionality
- Username enumeration
- User-friendly command-line interface
- Logging and reporting
- Support for SSL/TLS...