Hydra (software)
| Developer(s) | THC |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 9.4
/ September 8, 2022[1] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Unix |
| Type | Password cracking |
| License | GNU General Public License (version 3 or later) |
| Website | www |
Hydra (or THC Hydra) is a parallelized network login cracker built in various operating systems like Kali Linux, Parrot and other major penetration testing environments.[2] Hydra works by using different approaches to perform brute-force attacks in order to guess the right username and password combination. Hydra is commonly used by penetration testers together with a set of programmes like crunch,[3] cupp[4] etc, which are used
Supported protocols
[edit]Hydra supports many common login protocols like forms on websites, FTP, SMB, POP3, IMAP, MySQL, VNC, SSH, HTTP(S) and others.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Releases · vanhauser-thc/thc-hydra". github.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ McNab, Chris (November 2011). Network Security Assessment: Know Your Network. O'Reilly Media, Inc. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-596-51933-9.
- ^ "Crunch | Kali Linux Tools".
- ^ "CUPP - Common User Passwords Profiler". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ "Debian -- Details of package hydra in buster". packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.