Thanks to Philipp's PR github.com/hashcat/hashca… hashcat now has a 100% pure GPU implementation of ECC secp256k1. All instructions are executed on GPU without any CPU hook code. Performance on Electrum 4/5 Wallet cracking improved from 49kH/s to 201kH/s

Support for cracking PIN or password protected Bitlocker volumes added to upcoming hashcat 6.0.0 by Philipp: github.com/hashcat/hashca…

Hashtopolis v0.12.0 is released! Compatible with the newest hashcat beta builds, with the new dark mode, full of enhancements and new features. github.com/s3inlc/hashtop… #hashtopolis

Get ready for the 2020 CrackTheCon password cracking competition! In April at CYPHERCON registration and submission testing is live right now! crackthecon.com

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hashcat 6.0.0 major update released! New Features, new Algorithms, better Performance and much more. Full release notes here: hashcat.net/forum/thread-9…

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Pushed new Attack-Mode "Association Attack" to hashcat GitHub master. It's like JtR's single mode. Full writeup: hashcat.net/forum/thread-9…

We just started an official #hashcat discord. If you want to talk to other password crackers, team hashcat members, and hashcat developers feel free to join: discord.gg/HFS523HGBT

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We just added support to crack Windows "Hello" PIN/Password authentication in hashcat! Regarding all technical details, please have a look at this forum thread: hashcat.net/forum/thread-1… Thanks to Tijl Deneut and @banaanhangwagen for all the intense preparational work

As I continue to (slowly) clean up my PCFG code: If you are annoyed by how slow PCFGs attacks are, at the very least you should still check out PRINCELING for generating wordlists for PRINCE sessions. At the risk of sounding obnoxious, its really sweet. github.com/lakiw/pcfg_cra…

Pro results are official: hashcat 1st, Cynosure Prime close 2nd, HashMob.net Users - Pro close 3rd. There's a slight undercount for some Street hashes, where 1-4 place are all very close, so might make a difference, stay tuned.

Christoph Heuwieser Aaaabsolutely. Official announcements coming soon...

CMIYC 2023 coming soon to DEF CON and an Internet near you! contest-2023.korelogic.com In the next couple weeks we'll open preregistration and release test hashes that are equal parts hint and misdirection.

Team hashcat has placed first in the KoreLogic contest at #DEFCON31! This marks our 10th CMIYC win! As always CynoSure Prime put up a great fight, congrats on 2nd place, looking forward to the writeup! Big thanks to KoreLogic and Password Village for organizing the contest!

KoreLogic here is team hashcat s writeup github.com/hashcat/team-h…