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    specific crack. A crack can mean any tool that enables breaking software protection, a stolen product key, or guessed password. Cracking software generally...
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  • inform the user which cracking crew or individual cracker removed the software's copy protection and distributed the crack. Crack intros first appeared...
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  • John the Ripper. The dictionary generation software for Crack was subsequently reused by Muffett to create CrackLib, a proactive password checking library...
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  • up crack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crack frequently refers to: Crack, a fracture in a body Crack, a fracture (geology) in a rock Crack, short...
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  • In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords protecting a computer system. A common approach (brute-force...
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  • run computer software without having to insert their required CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. This act is a form of software cracking. No-CD cracks specific to a...
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  • those who can reverse engineer and crack the digital rights management (DRM) measures applied to commercial software. This is a list of groups, both web-based...
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  • ElcomSoft (category Password cracking software)
    ElcomSoft is a privately owned software company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Since its establishment in 1990, the company has been working on computer...
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  • John the Ripper (category Password cracking software)
    John the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. Originally developed for the Unix operating system, it can run on fifteen different platforms...
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  • Empress is known as one of the few crackers who can crack Denuvo. Her motivation is to remove the software license aspect of digital games in an effort to...
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  • the software this may take some time. On October 17, 2021 L0phtCrack version 7.2.0 was released open-source, with different portions of the software being...
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  • Password cracking, the process of discovering the plaintext of an encrypted computer password. Software cracking, the defeating of software copy protection...
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    many kinds of passwords using methods such as network packet sniffing, cracking various password hashes by using methods such as dictionary attacks, brute...
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  • Crackme (category Software cracking)
    programmer's reverse engineering skills. Crackmes are made as a legal way to crack software, since no intellectual property is being infringed. Crackmes often incorporate...
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  • RainbowCrack is a computer program which generates rainbow tables to be used in password cracking. RainbowCrack differs from "conventional" brute force...
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  • Password cracking software...
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  • Hashcat (category Password cracking software)
    (the official team of the Hashcat software composed of core Hashcat members) won first place in the KoreLogic "Crack Me If you Can" Competitions at DefCon...
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    Ophcrack (category Password cracking software)
    Ophcrack is a free open-source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows log-in passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. The program includes...
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  • millions of passwords recovered from past data breaches. There is also cracking software that can use such lists and produce common variations, such as substituting...
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  • only a cracking group or cracker's logo. A software license is a legal instrument that governs the usage and distribution of computer software. Often...
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  • engineering of programs. It is often used by crackers to crack software made by other developers. For cracking and reverse engineering, it is often the primary...
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  • DSniff (category Password cracking software)
    cleartext network protocols." He then requests, "Please do not abuse this software." These are the files that are configured in dsniff folder /etc/dsniff/...
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  • needed] Password cracking Key stretching Aircrack-ng Cain and Abel Crack Hashcat John the Ripper Dunstan, Patrick (2011-09-18). "Cracking OS X Lion Passwords"...
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    anonymous group of software engineers that devise ways to defeat software and video game licensing protections, a process known as cracking, which is illegal...
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    competitor's product was built. That process is commonly used for "cracking" software and media to remove their copy protection,: 7  or to create a possibly-improved...
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    commercial systems. He was the original author of the password cracking software L0phtCrack. In 2010, Mudge accepted a position as a program manager at DARPA...
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  • Stevenson's CSS Cracks - A compilation of links relating to Stevenson's CSS analysis CSS cryptoanalysis New 'Kraken' GSM-cracking software is released, Computerworld...
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  • Hail Mary Cloud (category Password cracking software)
    The Hail Mary Cloud was, or is, a password guessing botnet, which used a statistical equivalent to brute force password guessing. The botnet ran from possibly...
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  • Kon-Boot (category Password cracking software)
    Kon-Boot (aka konboot, kon boot) is a software utility that allows users to bypass Microsoft Windows passwords and Apple macOS passwords (Linux support...
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  • Crack dot Com was a computer game development company co-founded by ex-id Software programmer Dave Taylor, and Jonathan Clark. Crack dot com started from...
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