Hacking windows password is very simple. It just takes a little bit of time. But with the proper tools, you can crack it in max 5 mins..
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The backup is from a Windows 7 version and that means that we are seeing NTLM v.2 hashes, which translates to the fact that only the last part of. When you encrypt a file or folder in Windows, encryption keys are automatically created and associated with your user account. In Windows 7 and higher, you’ll actually get a prompt asking you to backup your encryption key (EFS certificate).
For this to work, you need to have physical access to the computer you are trying to hack into.
Once you get this access the password can be hacked in 2 ways
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Ophcrack is a very good password cracking software, but if the password is very long or complicated, then it will not be able to crack it.Ophcrack uses rainbow tables (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_table ) to crack the passwords. So it is much better than normal brute force
2.Using Cracker such as Cain and Abel. – I personally like this method a lot…
From the computer you want to crack into, you need to get 2 files – The Sam file and The System File. No rebooting and all that.. This is very convenient if you want to hack your friends comp or something :p.
The SAM and SYSTEM file is located in “C:windowssystem32config”. The problem is that these files are locked and hence cannot be copied.
If you want to crack a Win XP password , then you are in luck as windows also stores the backup of SAM and SYSTEM in
” C:windowsrepair “. So you can copy these files from there…
But if you want to crack Win Vista/7 password, you have to boot into the computer from the live cd of another OS such as ubuntu, and then copy the SAM and SYSTEM from “C:windowssystem32config”.
Once you get these files, cracking is very easy.
You can select the right type of cracking by seeing the type in the table (LM or NTLM or both)..
Dictionary attack will try all words from a given wordlist. Wordlists are plenty and can be searched on Google.
Brute force attack is just crazy , unless the password is very lame..
Cryptanalysis attack is very good and the best type of attack. For this , you will need to download the rainbow tables. Check on google for the rainbow tables. It’s a pretty big file to download. After it completes you can use the cryptanalysis attack with the rainbow tables. There are different rainbow tables available for windows XP and Windows Vista/7. So depending on the OS you want to crack download the correct version. Cheers!
Hash Suite by Alain Espinosa
Windows XP to 10 (32- and 64-bit), shareware, free or $39.95+
Hash Suite is a very efficient auditing tool for Windows password hashes(LM, NTLM, and Domain Cached Credentials also known as DCC and DCC2).It is very fast, yet it has modest memory requirements even when attacking amillion of hashes at once.The GUI is simple, yet uses modern features offered by Windows 7 and above.Besides the password security auditing program itself, there's an includedreports engine that generates reports in multiple formats, including PDF.(The reports engine requires free Java VM from Oracle to be installed.)
pwdump byJeremy Allison
Windows NT, free (permissive BSD and GPL-compatible Open Source license) Download local copy of pwdump (49 KB)
This handy utility dumps the password database of an NT machine thatis held in the NT registry (underHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESECURITYSAMDomainsAccountUsers) into a validsmbpasswd format file (which is understood by practically allWindows password security auditing tools).
This is the original pwdump program.It is mostly of historical value these days.You will likely want to use a newer reimplementation such aspwdump6 instead.You might also be interested in ourfile archive with local copies of many pwdump-like and pwdump-related programs.
pwdump2 by Todd Sabin of Bindview
Windows NT/2000,free(GPL v2) Download local copy of pwdump2 (46 KB)
This is an application which dumps the password hashes from NT's SAM database, whether or not SYSKEY is enabled on the system. NT Administrators can now enjoy the additional protection of SYSKEY, while still being able to check for weak users' passwords. The output follows the same format as the original pwdump (by Jeremy Allison) and can be used as input to password crackers. You need the SeDebugPrivilege for it to work. By default, only Administrators have this right, so this program does not compromise NT security.
pwdump3 and pwdump3eby Phil Staubs and Erik Hjelmstad of PoliVec, Inc.
Windows NT/2000,free(GPL v2) Download local copies ofpwdump3 version 2 (87 KB) andpwdump3e (217 KB)
pwdump3 enhances the existing pwdump and pwdump2 programs developed by Jeremy Allison and Todd Sabin, respectively. pwdump3 works across the network and whether or not SYSKEY is enabled. Like the previous pwdump utilities, pwdump3 does not represent a new exploit since administrative privileges are still required on the remote system. One of the largest improvements with pwdump3 over pwdump2 is that it allows network administrators to retrieve hashes from a remote NT system.
pwdump3e provides enhanced protection of the password hash information by encrypting the data before it is passed across the network. It uses Diffie-Hellman key agreement to generate a shared key that is not passed across the network, and employs the Windows Crypto API to protect the hashes.
pwdump4 by bingle
Windows NT/2000,free(GPL v2) Download local copy of pwdump4 (72 KB)
pwdump4 is an attempt to improve upon pwdump3.It might work in cases when pwdump3 fails (and vice versa).
pwdump5 by AntonYo!
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, free Download local copy of pwdump5 (28 KB)
pwdump5 is an application that dumps password hashes from the SAM databaseeven if SYSKEY is enabled on the system.If SYSKEY is enabled, the program retrieves the 128-bit encryption key,which is used to encrypt/decrypt the password hashes.
pwdump6by fizzgig
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista,free(GPL v2) Download local copy of pwdump6 1.7.2 inZIP (1268 KB) ortar.bz2 format (1103 KB) ![]()
pwdump6 is a significantly modified version of pwdump3e. This program is able to extract NTLM and LanMan hashes from a Windows target, regardless of whether SYSKEY is enabled. It is also capable of displaying password histories if they are available. Currently, data transfer between the client and target is NOT encrypted, so use this at your own risk if you feel eavesdropping may be a problem.
pwdump7by Andres Tarasco Acuna
Windows NT family (up through XP or Vista?), free Download local copy of pwdump7 revision 7.1 (505 KB)
pwdump7 works with its own filesytem driver (from rkdetector.com technology) so users with administrative privileges are able to dump directly from disk both SYSTEM and SAM registry hives.Once dumped, the SYSKEY key will be retrieved from the SYSTEM hive and then used to decrypt both LanMan and NTLM hashes and dump them in pwdump like format.
Quarks PwDump bySebastien Kaczmarek
Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008/8,free(GPL v3) Source code on GitHub (no pre-compiled binary)
Quarks PwDump is new open source tool to dump various types of Windows credentials: local account, domain accounts, cached domain credentials, and bitlocker. The tool is currently dedicated to work live on operating systems, thereby limiting the risk of undermining their integrity or stability. It requires administrator privileges and is still in beta test.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor by Petter Nordahl-Hagen
Windows NT to 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), freeware
This is an utility (available in the form of bootable floppy and CD images) to reset the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT system, by modifying the password hash in the registry's SAM file.You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
The editor works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppy disk or a CD. The boot disks use Linux as the OS and include stuff to access NTFS partitions and scripts to glue the whole thing together.
This will also work with SYSKEY, including the option to turn it off.
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