🎯 Cracking Hashes

📝 Description

Here we will generate hashes and then we will crack them just like if it was some stolen passwords.

🎯 Objective

This lab aims to build foundational knowledge in password security, improve technical documentation skills, and develop a structured approach to using cybersecurity tools effectively in both offensive and defensive contexts.

🔧 Tools Used

• Kali Linux
• Hashcat
• Tools to identify hash types based on format
• Tools to generate hashes
• rockyou.txt wordlist for dictionary attacks

💡 Skills Learned

• Generated hashes using multiple algorithms
• Identified hash types
• Cracking hashes
• Understood how salts affect hash uniqueness
• Improved Python one-liners and Linux commands
• Documented technical processes clearly and systematically