Anyone know of a good program for decrypting passwords? I have the password in front of me, but it's all asterisks: ************ How can I found out what this is?
theres programs that just file out random passwords over and over again to the site using a different proxy so u dont get it banned..as long as you have the username then just get a password list. it'll take some time though, and kinda hard to explain. someone else should know more about it, i tried it for napster once a long time ago
Depends on the encryption used. If it's something like a zip or Excel password, there are tools out there that can do it... If it's something that uses something like Rijndael or Blowfish encryption... good luck.
The program is called Revelation. You used to able to steal IM passwords, before they changed the format. I think you can still use Revelation for software based logins, but not web based logins though. EDIT: didn't see Ziggy's link
Hmm... I see what you're saying, but if a developer takes your password and doesn't display the "all asterisks" with the length of the word changed, he should be shot. lol. Hopefully all it's showing is asterisks and not a real password somewhere in a buffer that's masked. If it's Windows, it may do this... I dunno. If it's any reputable company, they need to again, be shot.
It is common in many computer languages to use the asterisk to mask passwords, and in each language an application can be written in may different ways. Because of this there is not one program that will generally hack all of the **** passwords. Now, for specific programs (like WinZip, or WinRar, etc) There are applications that have been specifically written to hack their passwords. They work in two different ways: 1) Dictionary hack. The hack application has a file that contains a dictionary of words, and the application rifles through the dictionary trying each one, one after the other. This is called a dictionary hack. Benefits: it's actually faster than the alternative. Drawbacks: if the password is not one of the words in dictionary (precisely, letter-for-letter), then the crack won't work. 2) Brute force hack. The hack application rifles through all combinations of numbers and letters (upper and lowercase) to hack the password. Benefits: Very high chance of success. Drawbacks: It may take a LONG time to crack (depending on your processor speed, it could take months). This is why modern passwords contain upper and lower case letters AND numbers. It takes MUCH more time to brute force hack. A password like H0ust0nR0ckets2007 (using zeros instead of o's) is a nightmare to hack because it's long, has upper and lower case, has numerals, and is not in a dictionary. Now all this assumes, of course, that the original application (like Winzip) will allow you to attempt and fail with passwords over and over again. Most websites, for example, are programmed to stop granting you the ability to try logging after a certain amount of failed attempts. Bottom line: I seriously doubt you're going to be able to hack that password that way. But there may be good news for you. That's one of the worst ways to hack a password. The best ways to hack a password are to catch the password BEFORE that prompt comes up. For example, you may sneak a key logger onto the person's computer. This application simply watches the user's keyboard to see which keys they press, and it keeps a log of the keys. If you go back to their machine later, you can read the key logs and find the password. Of course, this means you must have access to the machine. Another way is to attack the place where the passwords are stored. All passwords are stored somewhere (such as a database or a data file) and there's a good chance you can dig it out of there. I can easily gain administrator access to a Windows computer. I boot off of a specially created Linux disk, and then run a small utility that digs into the Windows datafile that contains the Windows passwords. I can remove the admin password. Next time I boot into windows, If I log in as admin, it tells me I have to create a new password, which I do, and - boom. I have access. To help you further I would have to know more about what you're trying to break into.
