hashcat

usage:

hashcat -m 0 -a 0 hash.txt /usr/share/seclists/Passwords/Common-Credentials/100k-most-used-passwords-NCSC.txt

• -m sets the hash mode. 0 here is MD5 in this case
• -a sets the attack mode
  • 0 is straight mode. uses a wordlist
  • 1 is combination mode. uses two wordlists
  • 2 is brute force. uses masks
  • 3 is a hybrid of straight and bruteforce. uses masks AND wordlists.
• hash.txt is the file storing the hashes. can be the hash itself as well
• /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt is the wordlist you wanna use
• -D selects the device to do the hash cracking with. a gpu is preferred
  • do -I to check devices and select the device in the command like -D 1