Want to see how Hashcat cracks hashes at GPU speed?
In this tutorial I explain why Hashcat is the go-to high-performance cracking tool, how it compares to John the Ripper, and demonstrate dictionary, mask & rule attacks on a safe test hash. Beginner friendly — focused on learning and defensive awareness.

What you’ll learn (theory + practical):
What is Hashcat and why it’s so powerful (GPU acceleration, multi-hash support)
When to use Hashcat vs John the Ripper (GPU vs CPU; scale vs flexibility)
How Hashcat detects devices (hashcat -I) and why GPUs matter
Practical attacks: dictionary (-a 0), mask (-a 3) & rules (-r)
How to read cracked results (--show) and potfile behavior

Practical demo overview:
* Install & verify Hashcat on Kali (sudo apt install -y hashcat)
* Prepare small demo wordlist & hash (rockyou subset; raw-MD5 example)
* Run dictionary: hashcat -m 0 -a 0 hashes.txt wordlist.txt
* Run mask: hashcat -m 0 -a 3 hashes.txt '?l?l?l?l?d?d'
* Apply rules: hashcat -m 0 -a 0 hashes.txt wordlist.txt -r best64.rule

Legal Disclaimer
Educational Use Only: All demonstrations were performed on systems I own or authorized lab platforms (TryHackMe / Hack The Box / local VMs). Do not run Hashcat or any cracking tools against systems you do not own or lack explicit written permission to test. Illegal misuse is your responsibility. I am not liable for misuse of this content.

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