Website Password hacking using WireShark

Step 5: Cracking MD5 hashed password

I can easily crack this simple password using hashcat or similar softwares.

root@kali:~# hashcat -m 0 -a 0 /root/wireshark-hash.lf /root/rockyou.txt
(or)
root@kali:~# cudahashcat -m 0 -a 0 /root/wireshark-hash.lf /root/rockyou.txt
(or)
root@kali:~# cudahashcat32 -m 0 -a 0 /root/wireshark-hash.lf /root/rockyou.txt
(or)
root@kali:~# cudahashcat64 -m 0 -a 0 /root/wireshark-hash.lf /root/rockyou.txt

Because this was a simple password that existed in my password list, hashcat cracked it very easily.

Cracking password hashes

• Cracking MD5, phpBB, MySQL and SHA1 passwords with Hashcat

Out final outcome looks like this:

1. username: sampleuser
2. password: e4b7c855be6e3d4307b8d6ba4cd4ab91:simplepassword

Conclusion

Well, to be honest it’s not possible for every website owner to implement SSL to secure password, some SSL’s cost you upto 1500$ per URL (well, you can get 10$ ones too but I personally never used those so I can’t really comment). But the least website owners (public ones where anyone can register) should do is to implement hashing during login-procedures. In that way, at least the password is hashed and that adds one more hurdle for someone from hacking website password easily. Actually it’s a big one as SSL encryption (theoretically) can take 100+years even with the best SuperComputer of today.

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