Restore

$ hashcat --session <SESSION_NAME> ...

Run hashcat with a session name

hashcat will generate two files

• SESSION_NAME.log
• SESSION_NAME.restore

$ hashcat --restore --session <SESSION_NAME> ...

Restore hashcat with the session name

Attack Modes

• Wordlist
• Brute-force
• Combination
• Hybrid

Brute-force

Try all combinations for given charsets

ex:

rule: ?d?d

will generate

00, 01, 02, ..., 99

Brute-force charsets

?l = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
?u = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
?d = 0123456789
?s = !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^-`{|}~
?a = ?l?u?d?s
?b = 0x00 - 0xff

Combinator

Each word of a dictionary is appended to each word in another dictionary

ex:

dictionary1: A, B, C
dictionary2: 0, 1, 2

 

will generate

A0, A1, A2, B0, B1, B2, C0, C1, C2

Hybrid

Similar to combinator attack,

One side is a dictionary

another side uses brute-force

ex:

dictionary: A, B, C
brute-force rule: ?d

 

will generate

A0, A1, ..., A9, B0, B1, ..., C9

Comparison

compares the following:

• pure wordlist
• wordlists, 2digits list combination
• wordlist, 3digits list combination
• wordlist + 2digit brute-force
• wordlist + 3digit brute-force

First Experiment

Result

Second Experiment

There are about 5000 names in English

 

Compare three attach modes using:

5000 names + 1~4 digits

Result