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Learning path

Password Cracking

Skill Level
Fundamentals
Duration 2 hours 30 minutes
Updated Feb 5, 2025

About this learning path

This is a mini Lab that will walk users through password-cracking tools that they may use during a Cyber Range red team event. This learning path will teach you the fundamentals of cracking and brute-forcing passwords with John the Ripper, Hydra, and Mimikatz.

Your instructors

Chance CornellWorld Wide TechnologyTechnical Solutions Arch I, ASD
Ismael ValenzuelaWorld Wide TechnologyTech Solutions Eng II, ATC
Justin BarnesWorld Wide TechnologyTech Solutions Eng II, ATC

Prerequisites

  1. Desire to learn

What you'll learn

  1. Fundamentals of John the Ripper
  2. Fundamentals of Hydra
  3. Fundamentals of Mimikatz
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Password Cracking
  1. 1. Introduction to Password Cracking
    1. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentIntroduction to Password Cracking
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  2. 2. Tool Overview
    1. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentJohn The Ripper Foundations
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentHydra Foundations
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    3. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentMimikatz Essentials
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  3. 3. Hands-On Practice
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    2. Enroll in this learning path to view locked contentMimikatz Foundations Lab
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  4. 4. Conclusion
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