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Last updated: April 29, 2026
Hashcat is the world’s fastest and most widely-used password cracking tool. GPU-accelerated, supporting 300+ hash algorithms, it’s what every serious pen-tester and every serious attacker uses after recovering password hashes.
Hashcat is the world’s fastest and most widely-used password cracking tool. GPU-accelerated, supporting 300+ hash algorithms, it’s what every serious pen-tester and every serious attacker uses after recovering password hashes.
When you use Hashcat
- Pen-test: you extracted NTLM hashes from an AD dump (DCSync, ntds.dit). Crack to recover passwords.
- Pen-test: you recovered /etc/shadow. Crack SHA-512 hashes.
- Pen-test: Kerberoasting returned service ticket hashes (mode 13100). Crack to get service passwords.
- Audit: check your own password policy by attempting to crack your own hash dumps. Gauge hygiene.
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