Cracking LM/ NTLM Password Hashes Online
There are several websites that will allow you to input a Windows NTLM hash and it will return the password used (if it is in its lookup table). CrackStation is one of the more popular ones. CrackStation’s website offers an online interface that cracks many LM/NTLM hashes using their lookup tables in mere seconds. Let’s try cracking a hash using this online tool.
Let’s crack a hash! This is the Administrator password hash from an XP machine:
Hash: aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee:31d6cfe0d16ae931b73c59d7e0c089c0
Now,
➢      Surf to Crackstation, (https://crackstation.net/)
The website wants either the LM Hash on the left of the colon, or the NTHash which is on the right.
Pick one and paste it into CrackStation’s ...

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