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By: bachan
November 7, 2016
THC Hydra: Cracking Router's Admin Login Password
By: bachan
November 7, 2016

By: bachan
November 7, 2016
Hello Guys, wazzup! Today I'm going to explain how to hack a router after hacking the PSK ( Pre-shared Key).I'm just joking, this is for educational purpose ONLY. Most of you have heard about THC Hydra. It is a parallelized login cracker which supports many protocols. It is a very powerful and fast tool for brute forcing. It can easily give you unauthorized remote access.Today I will explain the commands which I use for cracking the username-password pair.
Most routers have a default username and password. You can get an overview of all the commands used with Hydra by following: "man hydra" (in terminal).
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Most routers have a default username and password. You can get an overview of all the commands used with Hydra by following: "man hydra" (in terminal).
- First, you'll need to scan the open ports on the router.
- Use the following command: "namp 192.168.1.1" (this is your router's IP address).
- I will use FTP here.
- Now, run the following command: "hydra -l admin -P password.txt -v -f 192.168.1.1 ftp"
- Explanation of the command: "l" is used for the login username. My default is "admin." You can use "-L" and give a text file of some usernames if you're not aware of your router's admin username.
- "P" is used for the password list.
- "v" is used for verbose mode; it shows the login attempts.
- "f" tells it to quit after getting the valid username and password pair once.
- "192.168.1.1" is my router's configure IP address.
- "ftp" is the service which I am using to get an open port (you can also use "http-get" and others).
- Explanation of the command: "l" is used for the login username. My default is "admin." You can use "-L" and give a text file of some usernames if you're not aware of your router's admin username.
- Now wait and watch; if it gets a login password pair, then it will show you on the screen.
If you liked this, read my other post: https://www.cybrary.it/0p3n/karma-mitm-attack/
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