password-cracker-tool

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# Ultra-Fast AI-Powered Password Cracker

This project is a tool for cracking password hashes using various methods. It supports GPU acceleration (via Hashcat), brute-force attacks, dictionary-based cracking, and distributed cracking.

### Table of Contents
1. [Introduction](#introduction)
2. [Features](#features)
3. [Installation](#installation)
4. [Usage](#usage)
5. [Educational Purpose](#educational-purpose)
6. [Contributing](#contributing)
7. [License](#license)

## Introduction
This tool demonstrates the use of different password-cracking techniques for educational purposes. It allows you to crack hashes using brute force, dictionary-based attacks, and GPU acceleration. It's a great project to learn about cybersecurity, ethical hacking, and hash algorithms.

## Features
- **Brute-force attack**: Tries all possible combinations of characters to crack the password.
- **Dictionary attack**: Uses a predefined wordlist to attempt to guess the password.
- **GPU-accelerated attack**: Uses Hashcat to leverage GPU for faster cracking.
- **Distributed cracking**: Allows multiple clients to work together on cracking a password hash.

## Installation
### 1. Install Python Dependencies
This tool is written in Python, so you'll need to have Python 3 installed on your system. You can install the required dependencies using `pip`.

```bash
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

2. Install Hashcat (for GPU mode)

If you plan to use the GPU mode for faster cracking, you’ll need to install Hashcat. Follow the instructions on the website to install Hashcat on your system.

3. Clone the Repository

You can clone the repository to your local machine using Git. In your terminal, run:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/password-cracker.git
cd password-cracker

Usage

Once you have cloned the repository and installed the dependencies, you can run the script with different modes:

Syntax

python3 password_cracker.py <hash_to_crack> --mode <mode> --algorithm <algorithm>

Example Commands:

• Brute-force attack (MD5 hash):

  python3 password_cracker.py 5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99 --mode brute --algorithm md5
  

• Dictionary attack (using a wordlist):

  python3 password_cracker.py <hash> --mode dictionary --algorithm sha256 --wordlist /path/to/wordlist.txt
  

• GPU acceleration (Hashcat):

  python3 password_cracker.py <hash> --mode gpu --algorithm bcrypt
  

• Distributed cracking (starting a server):

  python3 password_cracker.py <hash> --mode distributed
  

Arguments:

• --hash_to_crack: The password hash you want to crack.
• --mode: Choose one of the cracking modes: brute, dictionary, gpu, or distributed.
• --algorithm: Choose the hash algorithm (e.g., md5, sha1, sha256, bcrypt).
• --wordlist: Path to the wordlist file for dictionary mode.
• --max_length: Max password length for brute-force mode (default is 8).
• --port: Port for the distributed cracking server (default is 9999).

Educational Purpose

This project is designed to help you learn about password cracking, hashing algorithms, and ethical hacking. By using this tool, you’ll better understand:

• How password hashes are generated and how attackers crack them.
• The difference between brute-force attacks and dictionary-based attacks.
• How powerful hardware (GPUs) can speed up the cracking process.
• How distributed systems can be used for cracking passwords in parallel.

Please Note:

This tool should ONLY be used in ethical hacking scenarios, such as for learning purposes or to crack passwords for systems you have explicit permission to test. Unauthorized use of password-cracking tools is illegal and unethical.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! If you want to improve the project, you can:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Make your changes and test them.
3. Submit a pull request with a clear description of your changes.

Please follow the standard GitHub flow for contributing.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details. ```

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