See below for resources related to Password Cracking! This is quite a deep rabbit hole, but more resources will be added to this page in due time. Special thanks to those who lurk in the Digital Forensics Discord Server’s Password Cracking channel for helping compile these resources!
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| 13Cubed - Introduction to Hashcat | How-to video for using Hashcat, Part 1 |
| 13Cubed - Introduction to Hashcat - Part II | How-to video for using Hashcat, Part 2 |
| Cracking 12 Character & Above Passwords | Combo & Hybrid Password Attacks |
| CrackStation's Password Cracking Dictionary | CrackStation's main password cracking dictionary |
| Hashcat | Hashcat Website |
| Hashcat Wiki | Hashcat Wiki |
| Hashes.org | Hashes.org is a free online hash resolving service incorporating many unparalleled techniques. |
| Hashtopolis | GUI wrapper for Hashcat |
| John the Ripper | Historically, its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. These days, besides many Unix crypt(3) password hash types, supported in "-jumbo" versions are hundreds of additional hashes and ciphers. |
| Koanashi Passwords | These wordlists have been extracted from real password leaks, and sorted by number of occurrences. |
| OWASP/CheatSheetSeries | Cheat Sheets created by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) |
| PDFCrack | A Password Recovery Tool for PDF files |
| SecLists Password Lists | Multiple password lists |
| SkullSecurity Password Lists | Many leaked password lists including but not limited to rockyou.txt |
| Weakpass | Multiple wordlists for password cracking |