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network-credential-cracking

Crack hashes and handshakes captured during an engagement — identify the format, pick the right hashcat/john mode, and run wordlist + rules. Load when you've recovered a hash, ticket, or handshake and need the plaintext. Signals: bcrypt $2b$/PBKDF2/sha512crypt $6$, NTLM/NetNTLMv2, Kerberos $krb5tgs$/$krb5asrep$, WPA2 .22000, a leaked DB hash column, "what hashcat mode".

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# Credential & hash cracking

## When it applies
You've captured something crackable — an application DB hash, a Windows NTLM/NetNTLMv2 hash, a
Kerberos ticket (`ad-kerberoasting`), or a WPA2 handshake — and the plaintext unlocks the next step
(login, lateral movement, privesc). This is the offline counterpart to `network-password-spraying`.

## Why it works
Most stored credentials are one-way hashes, but users pick guessable passwords and many hash schemes
are fast to compute. Given the format, you brute the hash offline against a wordlist (optionally
mutated by rules) at millions/billions of guesses per second — no lockout, no network.

## Method
1. **Identify the format first — this is the whole game.** `hashid`/`haiti` on the sample, and look