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What's that? CrackMeIfYouCan on DEFCON is one of the most popular hash cracking contests in the wild. Best teams in the world compete on a 48h challenge to crack as many hashes as possible. The are 2 classes of competitiors - Pro and Street. We played under AlphaPwners team in S...

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Intro

So you want to be a password cracker, huh? Let us show you how it's done. In this post you will learn how to crack passwords with hashcat dictionary attack.

First things first.

A few things are required for Hashcat to begin cracking in dictionary mode:

  • Hash(es) to crack
  • Has...