Password Cracking 101 - Cracking Passwords The Easy Way

What you'll learn
Fundamental concepts of password cracking, including hashing algorithms, cracking methodoloy and cracking modes
How to extract and format hashes from files created by popular applications like PDF, RAR, Word, Excel and Operatings systems including Windows and Linux.
What's mimikatz and how to use it in Windows to extract user hashes
How to use the two best tools for password cracking: John the ripper and Hashcat
How to bypass Excel workbook and sheet protection
What's Kali Linux distribution and how to create a Kali VM
Requirements
Basic knowledge about Linux command line
Basic knowledge about powershell command line
Be familiar with most commonly used files like Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office and Winrar.
Description
*** THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CREATED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THIS COURSE SHOULN'T BE USED TO PERFORM ILEGAL ACTIVITIES***In this course you will learn how to do password cracking following a hands on approach. We will be extracting and cracking passwords from PDF, Word, Excel and RAR files as well as dumping and cracking user passwords from Windows and Linux systems.This course will also help the students to understand the core concepts around password cracking including hashing, cracking methodology and the different cracking modes. Once students have finished this course they will be ready to easily perform password cracking to retrieve credentials on a real life scenario.No previous knowledge is requred for this course aside from basic Linux and Windows command line understanding. All concepts will be explained from scratch to make it easier for the students to...

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