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Mark D. Spivey

"Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures"


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Practical Hacking Techniques and Countermeasures
Click the
Run it
again
button. View the results.
Each password from the password file will be executed against the target.
Each incorrect password will return a result of
bad
. The correct result will
return a result of
good
.
In this example, the username of
mmouse
with the password of
mmouse1
returns a result of
good
.
*Note:
I cannot stress enough the importance of this tool for either an attacker or a
vulnerability/penetration test. The sheer amount of tools available is incredible.
Brute Force

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Lab 54: Retrieve Password Hashes
Extract Password Hashes: FGDump
Prerequisites:
Administrative access
Countermeasures:
Strong Administrator passwords, strong password policy
Description:
The FGDump application was written to obtain the password
hashes from the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) file on the target
computer. The process includes:

Binding to a machine using the Inter-Process Communication (IPC$)
or list of targets

Stopping the running of antivirus programs

Locating writable file shares

Uploading fgexec (for remote command execution) and cachedump

Executing pwdump

Executing cachedump

Deleting uploaded files from the file share

Unbinding from the file share

Restarting any antivirus programs

Unbinding from IPC$
*Note:
Even though an Administrator account is required, I prefer this tool over the
Pwdump application as all the work is done for me and the antivirus program
is shut down and restarted.


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