Module 8 · John & Hashcat — Cracking Workflow

Manish Garg
Manish Garg Associate of (ISC)² · RingSafe
Apr 27, 2026
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Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Why this module. Cracked hashes power lateral movement. Knowing how to crack quickly turns a low-impact LSASS dump into a Domain Admin compromise.

Why this module. Cracked hashes power lateral movement. Knowing how to crack quickly turns a low-impact LSASS dump into a Domain Admin compromise.

Identify the hash

hashid 'aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:31d6cfe0d16ae931b73c59d7e0c089c0'
# Output: NTLM
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