Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

Putting it together

To successfully crack a password, you must have a plan; just stumbling through different techniques may bear "fruit" but they are more likely to be not only unsuccessful, but may get you detected in the process. So, let's think of a strategy to use with our powerful tools within Kali NetHunter.

First, you should understand that the hashes that will most likely be the target of your password-cracking attempts will exist in different places depending on your approach and the target environment.

In environments with Microsoft Windows, these locations are the SAM file, which exists on local computer filesystems and also within Active Directory if the environment uses a domain.

Those environments that are either based on Linux ...