Aaron James
When CrackStation, hashcat, and the infamous rockyou.txt wordlist aren't cracking those harder passwords, Aaron James shows you where he turns next in this advanced tour of password cracking tools and tricks.
Category: NCL-Password Cracking
Online Password Cracking
MistressVenom
Toolkit limitations? Many NCL challenges can be completed using a single, ubiquitous, user-friendly tool: a web browser! MistressVenom shows you her favorite password cracking websites. Let someone else's computer do the heavy lifting!
NCL and WSL: Leaving the Kali VM Behind
Aaron James
Working in a virtual machine is a sub-optimal experience. What if we told you there's a way to run the Kali Linux terminal natively inside of Windows? Aaron James demonstrates how to install and compete using command-line tools on Windows Subsystem for Linux—no clunky VM required!
Summer Camp 2020 – Password Cracking
Hush1e
Hush1e takes a break from drinking coffee and imperiling mailboxes to walk us through how she would solve the Summer Camp 2020 – Password Cracking challenge: Cracking for Coffee.
Password Cracking with Hashcat
Paul Buonopane
Humans are bad at passwords. It's true. We're terrible at making them, we're terrible at remembering them, and we're terrible at assessing their quality. It's difficult to emphasize just how terrible we are without demonstrating just how easy they are to break—so that's exactly what Paul Buonopane is going to do.
Top 10 Dos and Don’ts for the National Cyber League Games
CryptoKait
This special post represents the combined wisdom of all the NCL Player Ambassadors, the NCL Commissioner, and the Game-makers at Cyber Skyline. What single DO and DON'T would each insider advise for your success in the NCL Games?
PowerShell and Linux Command Line Resources We Love for the National Cyber League Games
John "Mako" McGill
Discover what's lurking beneath the surface of your operating system! Back with more shark analogies, Mako discusses how we can use the built-in scripting engines in Linux and Windows—Bash and Powershell—to automate and simplify (almost) everything in the NCL, broken down by domain.
Everything You Need to Know About Password Cracking for the National Cyber League Games
CryptoKait
The most important skill to cultivate for NCL's Password Cracking domain is using the correct wordlist! This guide alone should get you through all the Easy and Medium challenges. CryptoKait demonstrates how to use a premade wordlist, create an enumerated wordlist, and generate your own wordlist from scratch.
N00bSec to Cyber-Champion: Hacking the National Cyber League for Success
CryptoKait
Want to start your very own NCL team at your college or university? CryptoKait shows you how with these take-home materials from her workshop at the 2018 WiCyS conference. In case you missed it, the first part was recorded, and CryptoKait's NCL Coaching Guide is the ultimate standalone resource!
My National Cyber League (NCL) Prep-Guide
CryptoKait's first prep guide for the NCL in 2017 remains a relevant read! A brief introduction to the Games is followed by beginner-friendly toolkit suggestions structured by domain. Plus, it's fun to go back and see what has and hasn't changed!
