Brute Forcing

Brute Forcing is a method of cracking passwords, that involves rotating through randomized strings until the correct one is discovered. There are two forms of brute force attacks--one is dictionary style, where many pre-made strings are tried, while the other creates random strings from random numbers/integers. The former is faster, but does not always work, while the latter is slowpoke but will eventually get it.

Wordlists/Dictionaries

A file that contains a large number of words. Used for brute forcing passwords. Normally in a .txt format or some other easily readable and editable format.

• http://anonym.to/ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/
• http://anonym.to/ftp://ftp.cerias.purdue.edu/pub/dict/wordlists
• http://anonym.to/http://www.outpost9.com/files/WordLists.html
• http://anonym.to/http://packetstormsecurity.org/Crackers/wordlists/

Programs

• Cain & Abel

  • C&A Tutorial

• Brutus

  • Brutus Tutorial

• John the Ripper

Proxy Lists

Pr0xies page has a looong list. Then check them with this. Charon Why do I need a proxy? To disguise where you come from.

Further Reading

WordPress Brute Force Attacks