Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs

Use an 8-char Windows NTLM password? Don't. Every single one can be cracked in under 2.5hrs

HashCat, an open source password recovery tool, can now crack an eight-character Windows NTLM pas...概要を表示 HashCat, an open source password recovery tool, can now crack an eight-character Windows NTLM password hash in less time than it will take to watch Avengers: Endgame. In 2011 security researcher Steven Meyer demonstrated that an eight-character (53-bit) password could be brute forced in 44 days, or in 14 seconds if you use a GPU and rainbow tables – pre-computed tables for reversing hash functions

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