Password Hacking !!

 Password Cracking

It is one of the most enjoyable hacks. The password cracking may not have a burning desire to hack the password of everyone. The actual password of the user is not stored in the well-designed password-based authentication system. Due to this, the hacker can easily access to user's account on the system.

Types of Password Cracking

·       Non electronic: It doesn’t require technical knowledge.

§  Social Engineering

§  Shoulder Surfing

§  Keyboard Sniffing

§  Dumpster Diving

·       Active Online: An active attack is a network exploit in which a hacker attempts to make changes to data on the target.

§  Dictionary attack

§  Brute-Force attack

§  Rule Based attack

·       Passive Online: A network attack in which a system is monitored and sometimes scanned for open ports and vulnerabilities.

·       Offline Attacks: In some cases, an attacker can get a hash of your password that they can take offline and try to crack it.

Password spraying attack

An attacker acquires a list of usernames, then attempts logins across all usernames using the same password. The attacker repeats the process with new passwords until the attack breaches.

Password guessing

This is a process of attempting to gain the system’s access by trying on all the possible passwords. If the attacker manages to guess the correct one, he has complete access to the remote system, can manipulate the data, and may demand a ransom in exchange for the system data.

How hash passwords are stored in windows SAM

On domain members and workstations, local user account password hashes are stored in a local Security Account Manager (SAM) database located in the registry.

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