Tag: Hacking

DELL R710 mod: Installing a x16 GPU on a x8 slot

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So, I have a Dell R710 that I used to use as a 24/7 home server with Proxmox (BTW, Proxmox is amazing!). But after a few electricity bills I retired the server, until one day I had the idea to use it as a desktop. The biggest issue with that concept was the integrated matrox GPU, it was only designed to output low resolutions and struggles to even play a YouTube video. Even though the R710 has free PCIE slots, they are only x8. Now, Dell did sell x16 risers, but they are hard to find and expensive. So we…

Making the ultimate IT flash drive multitool

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In this guide we are going to create a flash drive with pretty much any tool you could need to diagnose and repair a pc as well as other useful tools for your everyday life. You will be able to run diagnostics, install a new OS (windows or Linux), boot into a live Linux environment, fix boot issues, run penetration testing, do data recovery, scan for malware and have a useful suite of programs of all kinds on the go. Selecting the right flash drive For what we are doing you will need a decent flash drive, a capacity of…

MDCrack how to crack hashes (MD4/MD5/NTLM1)

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MDCrack is a powerful and fast hash cracker. It can brute force MD5, MD4 and NTLM1 hashes. MDCrack is mainly a CMD tool but there is a GUI available. It is available for Windows and for Linux. Usage MDCrack is easy to use but first we will need a hash to test, you can generate one using your Linux terminal or one of the many websites available. To generate an md5 hash in Linux you can use the following command I have already used this command to generate the hash to the word ‘pass’ To crack an md5 hash run…

Shredding a file in Linux with shred

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When deleting a file by simply pressing the delete button the file can be easily recovered, you don’t always want that. That’s where shred comes in, What shred does is to wipe the file and make it unrecoverable. This can be very useful if you want to delete a file with sensitive data. Usage Basic options :        -f    force permissions        -u   remove after        -v   verbose        -z   write zeros at the end        -n [number]   times of shreddingIf you are not running the…

Cracking archives with rarcrack

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Rarcrack is a handy tool used for cracking encrypted archives. It can be very useful if you forget the password to an encrypted archive. It supports zip, 7z and rar. But on the downside it is slow, the cracking speed depends mainly on your CPU. Usage The options :       –help displays the help file       –type [rar/zip/7z] set the archive type       –threads [2-12] set the number of threads default 2 max 12 If you are not running the command as root, you need to add sudo. Example For this example i created an encrypted 7z…

Cracking truecrypt containers with truecrack

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Truecrack is a software used to crack truecrypt containers using brute force or wordlist attack. It can be useful if you have created a truecrypt container and forgotten the password. The cracking speed depends on the computers CPU. Syntax  Basic options :       -w [path] wordlist      -c “[characters]” charset for brute force      -s [number] minimum password length      -m [number] maximum password length      -v verbose modeYou can read Hydra’s documentation with the following command. Example   For this example i have created a truecrypt container with the default options with a password…

Cracking FTP with hydra

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Hydra is a fast login cracker that supports a lot of protocols. It is a command line tool, but a GUI is available. The FTP (File Transfer protocol) is used to remotely access files. The cracking speed is low but with a weak password and a good wordlist it is possible to be cracked. Most attackers will try to crack a password only if there is no other way in(e.g using an exploit or social engineering). This is a list of supported protocol that hydra supports as listed in the official website :Asterisk, AFP, Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable,…