It depends on the WiFi encryption type. If it's WPA/WPA2, start here. If it's WEP, start here. Basically, all you need is the MAC address when it comes to cracking WiFi passwords, but once you have control over the router, then knowing the IP is simple and important.
Do you know how to use Kali Linux live on Mac OS? Is it possible to use Kali Linux live on Mac OS? Now, I’m going to show you that how to do it. You can use Kali Linux live on almost every operating systems, not only on Mac or Windows. This method is also called “Install Kali Linux on USB flash Drive”. First, I want to give some point about Kali Linux.
Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd. Mati Aharoni, Devon Kearns, and Raphaël Hertzog are the core developers.
Use Kali Linux Live on Mac OS
Using Kali Linux on Mac is very simple and easy. It needs some steps to pass this task. First, you need to a bootable USB for Linux. If you don’t know how to create a bootable USB for Linux, visit this article “Create Bootable USB for Kali Linux“. Once you have created the flash drive, it’s time to use Linux lively.
Step #1. Insert your USB flash drive to your Mac computer. If your computer is on, restart it. If your computer is Off, turn on it. Now, press and hold the “Option key” from your keyboard.
Step #2. Your computer will boot with the Kali Linux operating system. A screen will be shown to you. Choose the Kali Linux or Windows then hit enter.
Choose Windows or Kali Linux USB
Step #3. The computer will restart and will automatically boot with Kali Linux operating system. Choose “Live amd64“. It’s really amazing. Enjoy with Kali Linux without any problem.
Once you clicked on the “Live amd54”, the Kali Linux will automatically open up and you can start using it. This is the preview of Kali Linux become live on Mac OS.
How to Use Kali Linux Live
Conclusion
This was the easiest and simple method that you can use Kali Linux Live on Mac OS. If you have any question regarding this article, just feel free to ask us on this post. Thanks for being with us.
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In this chapter, we will learn about the important password cracking tools used in Kali Linux.
Hydra
Hydra is a login cracker that supports many protocols to attack ( Cisco AAA, Cisco auth, Cisco enable, CVS, FTP, HTTP(S)-FORM-GET, HTTP(S)-FORM-POST, HTTP(S)-GET, HTTP(S)-HEAD, HTTP-Proxy, ICQ, IMAP, IRC, LDAP, MS-SQL, MySQL, NNTP, Oracle Listener, Oracle SID, PC-Anywhere, PC-NFS, POP3, PostgreSQL, RDP, Rexec, Rlogin, Rsh, SIP, SMB(NT), SMTP, SMTP Enum, SNMP v1+v2+v3, SOCKS5, SSH (v1 and v2), SSHKEY, Subversion, Teamspeak (TS2), Telnet, VMware-Auth, VNC and XMPP).
To open it, go to Applications → Password Attacks → Online Attacks → hydra.
It will open the terminal console, as shown in the following screenshot.
In this case, we will brute force FTP service of metasploitable machine, which has IP 192.168.1.101
We have created in Kali a word list with extension ‘lst’ in the path usrsharewordlistmetasploit.
The command will be as follows −
where –V is the username and password while trying
As shown in the following screenshot, the username and password are found which are msfadmin:msfadmin
Johnny
Johnny is a GUI for the John the Ripper password cracking tool. Generally, it is used for weak passwords.
To open it, go to Applications → Password Attacks → johnny.
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In this case, we will get the password of Kali machine with the following command and a file will be created on the desktop.
Click “Open Passwd File” → OK and all the files will be shown as in the following screenshot.
Click “Start Attack”.
Mac Administrator Password
After the attack is complete, click the left panel at “Passwords” and the password will be unshaded.
John
john is a command line version of Johnny GUI. To start it, open the Terminal and type “john”.
In case of unshadowing the password, we need to write the following command −
Rainbowcrack
The RainbowCrack software cracks hashes by rainbow table lookup. Rainbow tables are ordinary files stored on the hard disk. Generally, Rainbow tables are bought online or can be compiled with different tools.
To open it, go to Applications → Password Attacks → click “rainbowcrack”.
The command to crack a hash password is −
SQLdict
It is a dictionary attack tool for SQL server and is very easy and basic to be used. To open it, open the terminal and type “sqldict”. It will open the following view.
Under “Target IP Server”, enter the IP of the server holding the SQL. Under “Target Account”, enter the username. Then load the file with the password and click “start” until it finishes.
hash-identifier
It is a tool that is used to identify types of hashes, meaning what they are being used for. For example, if I have a HASH, it can tell me if it is a Linux or windows HASH.
Lost Mac Password
The above screen shows that it can be a MD5 hash and it seems a Domain cached credential.