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3.Web-Hacking
1.Brute-Force
1.Fuzz
Hydra

What is Hydra

Hydra is a parallelized, fast and flexible login cracker. If you don't have Hydra installed or need a Linux machine to use it, you can deploy a powerful Kali Linux machine (opens in a new tab) and control it in your browser!

Brute-forcing can be trying every combination of a password. Dictionary-attack's are also a type of brute-forcing, where we iterating through a wordlist to obtain the password.

Common uses and commands

Hydra can be used for various purposes such as password brute-forcing, account takeover, and network authentication testing. Some of the common commands that can be used with Hydra include:

Website

hydra -l USERNAME -P PASSWORD.txt IP http-POST|GET-form "/PATH-URL/something.php:username=^USER^&password=^PASS^:INVALID-STATEMENT-HTML" -VV -T X


hydra -l phillips -P /home/ubuntu/Downloads/list.txt 10.10.206.120 http-get-form "/login-get  
/index.php:username=^USER^&password=^PASS^:S=logout.php" -f
  • http-post-form = Request ---> CHANGE POST OR GET
  • PATH = URL Path (From Website or BurpSuite)
  • ^USER^ = Keyword to define the FUZZ of username
  • ^PASS^ = Keyword to define the FUZZ of password.txt
  • -t = Speed
  • -VV = Verbose Enable
  • Login trigger
    • S= ---> Element on the other page (After login)
    • HTML ---> HTML login fail element
  • Tips
    • If there is no ?something= ---> Simply add : after the URL (/account-login.php:BURP-STUFF-HERE)
  • Example
    • ![[Pasted image 20221010211610.png]]
    • ![[Pasted image 20221010211700.png]]

SSH

hydra -l USERNAME -P WORDLIST.txt MACHINE_IP -t X ssh
hydra -L USERNAME.txt -P PASSWORD MACHINE_IP -t X ssh
  • ssh = Service

FTP

hydra -l user -P passlist.txt ftp://MACHINE_IP
  • ftp:// = FTP server

SMTP

hydra -l email@company.xyz -P /path/to/wordlist.txt smtp://10.10.x.x -v

More Information

Hydra can be downloaded from its GitHub page at https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra (opens in a new tab). The tool is compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. Hydra has extensive documentation available on its GitHub page, including examples, tutorials, and user guides.

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