System Hacking

When it comes to system hacking, attackers will usually start by trying to guess the administrator password. This is an effective way to get into a system because people tend to use passwords that they can easily remember. There are many types of attacks that can be utilised for this.

Hybrid system attack

The fastest one is known as the dictionary attack, where the attacker has a list of words that are likely to be used in passwords. These words are then encrypted and compared against password hashes. Another attack is called the brute-force. It uses the same techniques of encryption and comparison, but it attempts to use all potential passwords in order to guess the correct one. This attack can successfully guess any password; however, it takes a very long time to do so. A hybrid attack also uses a dictionary but it generates multiple guesses from every word through substitutions and permutations.