CYBER.ORG – 1.2.11 – Password Attacks & 4.17 – Password Cracking Tools; Brute Force – Offline Lab

Objectives:

  • Given a scenario, analyze potential indicators to determine the type of attack.
  • Given a scenario, use the appropriate tool to assess organizational security

Resources:

  • See PowerPoint presentations: 1.2.11 Password Attacks.pptx, 4.1.7 Password Cracking Tools, Lab – Brute Force – Offline

Assignment:

  1. Begin reading the 1.2.11 Password Attacks.pptx presentation. This lesson will introduce you to different types of password attacks.
  2. Next, read the 4.1.7 Password Cracking Tools presentation. This lesson will introduce you to readily accessible tools used to crack passwords.
  3. Next, begin the Lab – Brute Force – Offline.pptx lab.
  4. Use what you learned in today’s lab to crack the hashes downloaded from github, and post a screenshot of the cracked hashes to today’s Assignment Post in our Google Classroom.
  5. Please do your best to complete this Case Study by the end of the day on Wednesday, November 16th. We will start a new lab featuring additional password cracking techniques on Thursday.

Assigned: November 14th, 2022
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 16th, 2022