MacKrak: Decrypt MacOS X Passwords
Posted in Apple, Downloadable by Dan at 11:02 am
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Forgot your system password, or need to get into a Mac? MacKrack is a free password hash extractor (for 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4) and Zip encryption cracking program for MacOS X
The utility supports the Crypt, MD5, SHA-1, and Salted SHA-1 algorithms using either a dictionary or keyspace brute force attack.
With this application the only thing separating you and a MacOS X password is time. I use a reasonable secure non dictionary alpha numeric 10 character password and it was cracked in 2 hours. Enjoy, with caution.
wow, impressive the time-frame it took to crack your password, dan. i too use a strong password, alphanumeric, upper/lower case 10 char password for most secure things that i do. it’s good to have a tool like this for legitimate reasons (as you mentioned, forgot your system password, etc), but on the flip-side there are definitely some devious uses for this tool.