Hashcat and its Features, Strengths, Weaknesses, and Uses

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Hashcat
Hashcat is a prevalent and active password hacker used widely by penetration testers, criminals, and spies. Hashcat was created to hack the most complex passwords, simultaneously targeting multiple aspects of coding. Unlike other passwords crackers, Hashcat is regarded as versatile and fast and thus enabling an individual to spy on specific information (Porup).
Hashcat guesses a key, hashes it, and compares the acquired hash to the one being unlocked. Nonetheless, if the hashes match, then the process is complete. However, if it does not match, the hacker is encouraged to guess (Porup).
The following are features of Hashcat (Goswamiijaya).
* It is multi-thread
* Specialized rules can extend its attack modes.
* Unlike other hacking tools, Hashcat can pause and resume sessions automatically.
* Additionally, Hashcat supports hex-charset and hex-salt files
* Hashcat can load the salt list from an exterior source.
* Unlike other hacking tools that users spend much money on, Hashcat can be acquired for free