Add in numbers/years (simple scripting, hashcat, JtR)
Add in the org keywords (a full combination creates a massive list,
recommend starting with 1:1)
Try other combinations of the dictionary, keywords, years
Add in other mutators like 1337 replacements, capitalization tricks (John)
Brute forcing (do not bother with this on-site)
John's incremental modes, limited by types
Crunch's raw brute-force attack (very, very time intensive - a complete waste of time
without GPUs)
DICTIONARY RESEARCH AND CREATION
Before you arrive on-site it is important to have your password cracking tools
downloaded and relevant dictionaries ready to go, as your main demonstration and use
of these tools is to gain access to the organization's network. The effectiveness of this
demonstration is drastically reduced if you already have had to ask for the password to
connect to the Internet and update your dictionaries, tools, or so on. Some of these files
(especially larger password dictionaries) can be quite large, so downloading them incountry is not recommended.
Many password dictionary sites, such as SkullSecurity , maintain core dictionaries in
multiple languages. If your target language is not available, some quick regular
expression work can turn spell-check dictionaries (such as those used by LibreOffice into
useful word lists. It is generally useful to always test with English in addition to the target
language.
CloudCracker and OpenWall have, for a fee, well-tested password dictionaries.
KEYWORD GENERATION
In addition, create a customized dictionary with words related to the subject as revealed
in the Remote Assessment research: organization name, street address, phone number,
email domain, wireless network name, etc. For the organization "ExampleOrg , which has
its offices at 123 Central St., Federal District, Countryzstan , which does human rights and
journalism work and was founded in 1992, some context-based dictionary additions
would be:
exampleorg
example
exa
mple
org
123
central
federal
district
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