Password cracking

Password cracking 

What is Password Cracking?

Password cracking is the process of guessing or recovering a password from stored locations or from data transmission system. It is used to get a password for unauthorized access or to recover a forgotten password. In penetration testing, it is used to check the security of an application.

Most Popular Password Cracking Tools:

1. Brutus: is one of the most popular remote online password cracking tools. It claims to be the fastest and most flexible password cracking tool.
2. RainbowCrack: is a hash cracker tool that uses a large-scale time-memory trade off process for faster password cracking than traditional brute force tools.
3. Wfuzz: is web application password cracking tool that tries to crack passwords with brute forcing.
4. Cain and Abel: is a well-known password cracking tool that is capable of handling a variety of tasks. 
5. John the Ripper: is well-known free open source password cracking tool for Linux, Unix and Mac OS X. A Windows version is also available.