Password Cracking :Dictionary Attack Password List

 Password Cracking :Dictionary Attack Password List

For password cracking, you can choose two different methods 1. Dictionary Attack 2. Brute Force Attack.

Brute force attack and Dictionary password cracking attack is still effective. Brute force attack can be more effective if the hacker has good knowledge in password profiling,information gathering.

Brute Force Attack

Definition: Attempts to determine a secret by trying every possible combination. Brute force attack is combination of all character a-z,A-Z,1-3 and other special characters.

Dictionary Attack

Definition: Typically, a guessing attack which uses precompiled list of options. Rather then trying every option, only try complete options which are likely to work.A “dictionary attack” is similar and tries words in a dictionary — or a list of common passwords — instead of all possible passwords. This can be very effective, as many people use such weak and common passwords.

In order to achieve success in dictionary attack, we need a large size of Password list. You can download the password list from here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwijAkk34AyFOWdpallZR2cwOEE/view?usp=sharing