This has the annoying effect of making our basic wordlists ineffective and we need to have it so that it includes modifications of this nature – a capital letter at the beginning and a number (or less commonly a symbol) at the end. Since Microsoft implemented “Password Complexity” and this was enforced around the globe, user have made the jump from a password of: password, to the much more secure : Password1.
One of the features of these tools, which is often unknown or at least under appreciated is the ability to create custom “rules” for teaching the tool how to dynamically generate potential passwords. I find it simple to use, fast and the jumbo community patch (which I recommend highly) comes packed with hash types making it a versatile tool. Whilst Hashcat is often provable faster than John the Ripper, John is still my favourite. Author: HollyGraceful Published: 06 August 2021 Last Updated: 03 July 2023
