Exploring SecOps Tools: Securing Passwords with hashcat

hashcat is a popular password cracking tool which is often used in ethical hacking exercises by penetration testers and sysadmins. It is however often also used for illicit purposes by cybercriminals and spies to compromise and breach vulnerabilities. Explore the many features and capabilities of the hashcat tool and discover the purpose and vulnerabilities password hashes present. Explore the characteristics of the core hashcat attack modes that include dictionary attacks combinator attacks brute-force attacks hybrid attacks and association attacks. Explore how to download and install hashcat and discover techniques to crack passcodes. Lastly explore requirements for building a capable password cracking systems and explore the required steps to successfully crack a WPA/WPA2 using hashcat. Upon completion youll be able to secure passwords using hashcat.