ToolsFebruary 9, 20261 min readby 0xt0pus

Hashcat

GPU-accelerated password recovery tool supporting hundreds of hash types

#password-cracking#hash-cracking

Hashcat

Description

Hashcat is a high-performance password cracking tool that supports GPU acceleration. It is used for cracking various hash types including NTLM, Kerberos, JWT, and more.

Usage 1: Crack Shadow File Hash (SHA-512)

Command:

.\hashcat.exe -m 1800 unshadow.txt rockyou.txt -O

Usage 2: Crack JWT Token

Command:

hashcat -a 0 -m 16500 <YOUR-JWT> /path/to/jwt.secrets.list

Usage 3: Find Hash Mode

Search for the correct hashcat mode for a hash type.

Command:

hashcat --help | grep -i as-rep