Hydra : Kali Linux Tool for password cracking

On this post Hydra : Kali Linux Tool for password cracking, I will explain you how tu use this great tool made for ethical hacking purpose.

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All the information shown in this post is for educational purposes . Do not misuse the tools shown here.

What is Hydra?

Hydra is a parallelized login cracker used to brute-force passwords and usernames, Hydra tool supports numerous protocols to attack. Hydra is very fast and easy to use, and new modules are easy to add.

Hydra is a very useful Kali Linux tool for those dedicated to performing security tests on websites or any application that requires password and user access.

Hydra supports different protocols: Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, CVS, FTP, HTTP(S)-FORM-GET, HTTP(S)-FORM-POST, HTTP(S)-GET, HTTP(S)-HEAD, HTTP-Proxy, ICQ, IMAP, IRC, LDAP, MS-SQL, MySQL, NNTP, Oracle Listener, Oracle SID, PC-Anywhere, PC-NFS, POP3, PostgreSQL, RDP, Rexec, Rlogin, Rsh, SIP, SMB(NT), SMTP, SMTP Enum, SNMP v1+v2+v3, SOCKS5, SSH (v1 and v2), SSHKEY, Subversion, Teamspeak (TS2), Telnet, VMware-Auth, VNC and XMPP.

How to install Hydra on Kali Linux?

There are two different options to install Hydra on your Kali Linux distro, a console - based Hydra and a gui-based Hydra tool.

Install hydra-gtk.

This package provides the GTK+ based GUI for hydra.

This is a perfect option for those users who prefer to use a framework with a user interface.

Run the following command to install hydra-gtk on Kali Linux.

sudo apt install hydra-gtk

Install Hydra console-based.

Hydra has a console version for users who prefer to execute commands from the terminal.

sudo apt install hydra

How to use Hydra?

I will show you some basic hydra commands to run pentesting and password cracking tasks with hydra tool.

hydra -h

hydra -h displays help on the use of each command.

hydra -h

dpl4hydra

Generates a default password list as input for THC hydra. Learn to use dpl4hydra by running.

dpl4hydra -h

hydra-wizard

Run hydra from the command line.

man hydra-wizard

Download hydra password cracking dictionary.

If you want to use Hydra Tool to hack passwords from different servers, apps and web apps, You must have a password and username dictionary in txt or cvs format.

Download Free Password Dictionary.txt

Wpa Password Wordlist for Hydra

Brute force attacks are very common nowadays so try to protect yourself with complex passwords and usernames.

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