Cracking SSH login using custom wordlist
In this recipe, we will learn how to attack SSH to find a valid login. We will make use of the list generated in the information-gathering recipe.
Getting ready
For this recipe, we will make use of three tools, Hydra, Patator, and Ncrack for SSH password cracking. All of these are available in Kali Linux.
As stated in the Patator Wiki, Patator was written out of the frustration of using Hydra, Medusa, Ncrack, Metasploit modules, and Nmap NSE scripts for password-guessing attacks. The owner opted for a different approach in order to avoid creating yet another password cracking tool and repeating the same shortcomings. Patator is a multithreaded tool written in Python that strives to be more reliable and flexible ...
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