#Password Cracking

[roguemindtroy]

Common Passwords

What's more:

Full name spelled out;

Birthday or certain significant dates;

Phone number;

Some account IDs;

Sequential numbers, simple words and phrases, slogans;

Most people tend to use no more than 3 passwords.

[avertigo]

Cybersecurity tools organized by categories

In the world of cybersecurity, having the right tools is essential to protect systems and networks. Here’s a list of cybersecurity tools organized by category, which can help you with a variety of tasks, from wireless hacking to digital forensics. Wireless Hacking These tools are useful for assessing wireless network security: Aircrack-NG: Suite of tools to assess the security of WiFi…

[blackmoreops]

Enabling AMD GPU for Hashcat on Kali Linux: A Quick Guide

If you’ve encountered an issue where Hashcat initially only recognizes your CPU and not the GPU, this guide can help you enable your AMD RX570 GPU for accelerated hashing. Here’s a streamlined version of the steps you took: Initial Setup: Running hashcat -I initially only detected the CPU. Download AMD Drivers: Visit the official AMD website (https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/re…ed-linux-20-20)…

[insecurelabs]

Password Cracking: Understanding the Art of Password Hacking

In today's digital age, where cybersecurity is of utmost importance, the strength of our passwords plays a vital role in safeguarding our sensitive information. However, despite numerous efforts to create strong and unique passwords, there are still individuals and organisations with malicious intent who employ password cracking techniques to gain unauthorised access to personal or confidential data. In this article, we will delve into the world of password cracking and explore the methods used by hackers to compromise security. By understanding these techniques, we can better protect ourselves and our digital assets.

I. Introduction: The Growing Threat of Password Cracking

In an era where virtually every aspect of our lives is intertwined with technology, the need for robust security measures has never been more critical. Password cracking, also known as password hacking, is an illicit activity that involves decrypting or circumventing password protection systems to gain unauthorised access. The rise of password cracking has posed a significant threat to individuals, businesses, and even governments worldwide.

II. The Psychology of Passwords: Weaknesses Exploited by Crackers

Passwords serve as the first line of defence against unauthorised access. However, many users unknowingly create passwords that are vulnerable to cracking attempts. In this section, we will explore the common weaknesses exploited by password crackers and provide guidance on how to create strong and resilient passwords.

III. Common Password Cracking Techniques

Password cracking techniques have evolved over time, becoming more sophisticated and efficient. Hackers employ various methods to crack passwords, each with its own advantages and limitations. Let's take a closer look at some of the most prevalent techniques used by password crackers:

1. Brute Force Attack

A brute force attack is a straightforward yet time-consuming method used to crack passwords. It involves systematically attempting every possible combination of characters until the correct password is discovered. This technique can be effective against weak passwords but is less likely to succeed against complex and lengthy ones.

2. Dictionary Attack

In a dictionary attack, hackers use a pre-compiled list of common words, phrases, or passwords to guess the target password. This method relies on the fact that many users choose easily guessable passwords based on dictionary words or common patterns. Advanced variations of the dictionary attack incorporate additional rules, such as appending numbers or special characters to the guessed words.

3. Rainbow Table Attack

A rainbow table is a precomputed table of possible plaintext passwords and their corresponding hash values. Password hashes are commonly stored in databases for verification purposes. By comparing the hashes in the database with those in the rainbow table, hackers can quickly find matches and retrieve the original passwords.

IV. Protecting Against Password Cracking

Now that we have explored the techniques employed by password crackers, it is essential to understand how we can protect ourselves against such attacks. By implementing the following security measures, individuals and organisations can significantly enhance their password security:

1. Create Strong and Unique Passwords

Using strong and unique passwords is the first line of defence against password cracking. A strong password should be at least eight characters long, incorporating a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Avoid using easily guessable information such as birth dates or names.

2. Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to provide an additional piece of information, typically a one-time code sent to their mobile device, along with their password. This method makes it significantly more challenging for hackers to gain unauthorised access, even if they manage to crack the password.

3. Regularly Update and Change Passwords

Frequently updating and changing passwords can mitigate the risk of a successful cracking attempt. It is recommended to change passwords every three to six months, especially for accounts with sensitive information or access privileges.

V. Conclusion: Safeguarding Our Digital World

In conclusion, password cracking remains a persistent threat in our digital landscape. Understanding the techniques employed by hackers and implementing robust security measures is crucial in safeguarding our personal and sensitive information. By creating strong and unique passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, and regularly updating our passwords, we can significantly reduce the risk of falling victim to password cracking attacks. Let us remain vigilant and proactive in protecting our digital world.

"The strength of a password lies in the hands of its creator. Choose wisely." - Unknown

Remember, your cybersecurity is in your hands. Stay informed, stay vigilant, and stay secure.

[candyje11yfish]

Sock SWAP Opera! 💫

[flock-of-cassowaries]

So I’m not endorsing Fight Club - it’s a problematic book with a deeply toxic cultural legacy - but as a queer AFAB millennial who grew up in the sunken place of really wanting to identify with images of traditional masculinity… that shit rocked my world circa 2006.

And it just occurred to me how easily you could map Fight Club’s core plot conceit* onto NBC Hannibal (especially season 1); and that got me thinking about the parallels and differences between these two works.

Spoilers for a 28-year-old movie below the cut.

*the core plot conceit of Fight Club is that the two principal characters - the charismatic and dangerous Tyler Durden, and the story’s unnamed narrator - are in fact one person. The narrator is not aware of this until the final act.

(Also - I’ve added headings, because I know this is very long and rambly, and I feel an appropriate amount of shame about that. )

[How this idea originally occurred to me]

So what originally got me thinking about this is that in NBC Hannibal, Will is always tired, while Hannibal, mysteriously, seems to have at least 40 hours available for crafts and hobbies in every day.

This maps very neatly onto the way time seems to work for Tyler Durden, vs. how it works for the insomnia-plagued narrator.

[Main thesis]

But there’s a lot more similarities than that - most notably, the overall arc of the narrator-Tyler / Will-Hannibal relationship:

1. Both Hannibal Lecter and Tyler Durden breeze into our main character’s lives, and very quickly install themselves at the very centre of it.

2. Both become an object of unacknowledged homoerotic yearning for the main character, before finally being revealed to be extremely dangerous villains who were manipulating the main character all along, and who were instrumental in blowing up the main characters’ lives.

3. Ultimately, in both works, the main character ultimately rejects their “friend” by attempting suicide in a way that will kill both of them (and, in doing so, stops the “friend” from committing further harm).

[Bonus Round]

Other parallels include:

- that Hannibal and Tyler are both exceptionally ostentatious in their mode of dress, in contrast to our comparatively mousey main characters.

- that they both serve to invite the main character to embrace violence (something the narrator in Fight Club does easily, but which Will Graham, to his credit, resists).

- Hannibal’s ritualized sadistic physical torture of Will (in Mizumono, and the again in Dolce / Digestivo) also mirrors the scene in Fight Club where Tyler burns the narrator’s hand.

- Hannibal and Tyler also both enter the main character’s lives at a time when they are struggling with insomnia based on guilt related to their jobs. (Jobs, btw, where both of them have bosses they cannot stand and do not respect.)

[Alana Bloom and Marla Singer]

I also think the Marla Singer / Alana Bloom parallel is interesting.

In both cases, these women are implied to be the only woman who might, possibly be a match for the main character - someone who could possibly understand them enough to form a possibly-healthy relationship.

Instead, however, Alana and Marla end up forming relationships with Hannibal and Tyler (respectively).

In both works, this makes the main character despair (even as it is implied that the woman would actually rather be with the main character than with Hannibal / Tyler).

[Bonus Round II - Electric Boogaloo]

Also, on a more superficial level, both Marla and Alana have stunningly pale skin and dark hair (much as both Tyler and Hannibal are sandy blondes who seem larger-than-life in comparison to our dark-haired, ruddy-complexioned protagonist).

I would also like to rapidly recognize:

- the aesthetic similarities in Randall Tier’s death and that of Jared Leto’s character in the film version of Fight Club

- the amusing parallel of both Tyler and Hannibal creatively repurposing dead human tissue, which they then gleefully give to rich people who do not know what they are consuming (Tyler, by making medical-waste human fat into bougie soap; Hannibal, by making murder victims into gourmet meals)

- the way that the “the line between us has begun to blur” theming in Season 3 of Hannibal echoes the “literally the same person” reveal in Fight Club

[Conclusion]

With all this in mind, I think it would be very possible (and potentially quite fun) to plot out a Fight Club AU of Hannibal, wherein there is no Hannibal Lecter. (Might explain why he has such a stupid fucking name. Yeah, I said it. It’s fucking dumb that his name rhymes with “cannibal”. Fight me, Thomas Harris.)

[Appendix - Contrasts]

That said, the differences are also quite notable:

1. Whereas Tyler Durden seduces the narrator in Fight Club with the promise of validation from a male social group, Hannibal Lecter’s pitch to Will is that he recognizes that Will is is unique and special, and appreciated him as such.

2. Tyler Durden is overtly political, positioning himself as outside the system, and explicitly anti-capitalist. Hannibal Lecter, on the other hand, is apolitical, and perfectly comfortable being a member of the ruling class. There is no anti-capitalist motive to his crimes against the rich.

3. In rejecting Tyler, the narrator in Fight Club (especially in the film version) symbolically reclaims his heterosexuality, and is implied to have formed a bond with Marla; whereas Will Graham (literally) embraces Hannibal even as he rejects him, and Alana has long since been clearly shown to have adopted a position of “To hell with these gay idiots”.

4. While imperfect, Will Graham is a lot more sympathetic than the narrator of Fight Club; both because of how vigorously he resists Hannibal (as alluded to above), and in terms of what we see of him before he falls under Hannibal’s spell:

— Will’s guilt stems from an action (shooting Gareth Jacob Hobbs) that most people would consider morally-correct. In Fight Club, on the other hand, the narrator’s guilt stems from condemning strangers to die in order to save his company money.

— The narrator in Fight Club is shown to have been driven by his insomnia to the point of engaging in vampiric support-group grief tourism (which - yikes). By contrast, Will is seen calling Jack Crawford out on the inherently exploitative nature of his “Evil Minds Museum”.

— Whereas the narrator in Fight Club lives a life of hollow consumerist grasping, Will is shown to live a materially-simple life, which he generously shares with a menagerie of abandoned dogs. It is easy to imagine that he would put his dogs’ needs ahead of his own, given that we see him putting time and energy into rescuing and washing Winston, even at the end of a long, exhausting workday.

[Postscript]

I literally typed this whole-ass essay out before I remembered that Edward Norton (who played the narrator in Fight Club) also once played Will Graham (in the 2002 film Red Dragon, which I have not seen, but which I remember Bryan Fuller having credited with giving him the idea to write NBC Hannibal).

[skeletonbirdart]

Is there a realativity falls type au where Mabel is the one who builds the portal/falls for bills tricks and dipper is forced to pretend to be her?

Like instead of the other way around, bill preys on Mabel for her unfathomable creative vision, her impulsivity and yearning for an ideal vision of the future? Gets her to build it with her friends, candy helping with the tech(or someone else ? A tech guy idk who in the show fills that role) and grenda with muscle as Mabel understands the structure due to her arts and crafts needing that as a skill?

The two friends are broken in different ways by the portal, with one desperately afraid of tech and becoming a recluse (fiddleford/old man mcguget) and the other desparate to forget (brother eye)

And yet she persist, until her glitter covered journals and scrapbooks spiral into horror beyond even her scope of imagination. She calls dipper, the smartest man she knows. Surely he will fix it?

She falls in.

Nothing but a grappling hook as dipper tries to do the work of three alone. Then, of course, the stand arrive.

[theexistentialmeow]

Fëanor's twitter feed

hc that Fëanor was secretly boosting up certain trends as he was campaigning to leave Valinor:

#IStandWithFëanor #ElvesAgainstMorgoth #NotMyValinor

Meanwhile in the twitter storm Celegorm & Curufin are whipping out these bad boys:

#FlyAwayManwë #WhoTurnedOutTheLights #ValarCringeMemes #FinalBossMandos

[ancientforgcd]

[inkfromalily]

Let's goooooo

Summary:

- Not pay walling content anymore, just an early release on their site for subscribers

- Patreon subscribers get a free subscription

- They're sorry for p much, everything about the last video and how they handled it

[plzgivefood]

Shoutout to my neighbours for the free wifi!!!

...and the free computer

[mydream-synopsis]

breaking in...........

[i-may-be-an-emu]

watching sfth streams on my laptop feels so professional lol

[naitfall]

There's no warning. Levi grabs Farlan by the collar of his shirt, forcing him to get close, just a breath from Levi's face. He has something to say . . . ❝ Did you change your soap? ❞ He smelt different. || @vonbirden

[crowtongued]

He still remembers the singular time in his life he had to raise his voice and shout. Worst fucking day of his life. Never again.

[megamindsupremacy]

I like going in the gravity falls tag because there’s definitely something going on with that website that changed in the past day or so but I have no fucking clue what. I haven’t even finished season one so all of the Lore is going right over my head