Password cracking is a method of guessing the attack. An attacker makes guesses
about the user's passwords until they guess correctly or they give up.
In this manner, methods of passwords cracking can be paraphrase as a test for
passwords guessing, because we do not know if the proper method/test is going
to be ecient. Hence, we are going to see the dierent methods of performing
cracking passwords.
There are three basic types of password cracking methods that can be automatize
with tools [18]:
Dictionary - A le of words is run against user accounts, and if the password
is a simple word, it can be found pretty quickly.
Hybrid - A common method utilized by users to change passwords is to add
a number or symbol to the end. A hybrid attack works like a dictionary
attack, but adds simple numbers or symbols to the password attempt.
Brute force - The most time-consuming, but comprehensive way to crack
a password. Every combination of character is tried until the password is
broken.