Patator is an extremely flexible, module, multi-threaded, multi-purpose service & URL brute forcing tool written in Python that can be used in many ways. Basically the author got tired of using Medusa, Hydra, ncrack, metasploit auxiliary modules, nmap NSE scripts and the like because: They either do not work or are not reliable (got me […]
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NiX Brute Force – Parallel Log-in Brute Forcing/Password Cracking Tool
NiX Brute Forcer is a tool that uses brute force in parallel to log into a system without having authentication credentials beforehand. This tool is intended to demonstrate the importance of choosing strong passwords. The goal of NiX is to support a variety of services that allow remote authentication such as: MySQL, SSH, FTP, IMAP. […]
THC-Hydra 5.8 Released – Extremely Fast Multi-Threaded Login/Password Cracker
The number one biggest security hole is passwords, as every password security study shows. Hydra is a parallelized (multi-threaded) login cracker which supports attacking/cracking numerous protocols. New modules are easy to add, beside that, it is flexible and very fast. We haven’t mentioned Hydra since way back in 2007 – THC-Hydra – The Fast and […]
Medusa 2.0 Released – Parallel Network Login Brute Forcing Tool
[ad] After what feels like an eternity (one year to the date since Medusa version 1.5), Medusa 2.0 is now available for public download. What is Medusa? Medusa is a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer for network services created by the geeks at Foofus.net. It currently has modules for the following services: AFP, CVS, […]
Using Cloud Computing To Crack Passwords – Amazon’s EC2
[ad] Now this is interesting a proper mathematical calculation for using cloud computing to crack passwords, now Amazon has opened up their EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) the cost of massive parallel processing power has come right down. And guess what, someone thought of using it to crack passwords. It seems the cut-off would be a […]