02-17-2017, 05:32 PM
Hi guys,
I'm a newbie with a problem. Some months ago I password protected a word 2013 document (because paranoia) and didn't write down the password. Of course I forgot the password and now I am getting a bit desperate as I need that doc for my job.
This is how I got to hashcat. I looked up how this can be done, managed to extract the hash and got hashcat running and doing it's job. I believe that my password was strictly alphanumeric and of maximum 8 characters. I came up with this:
hashcat64.exe -a 3 -m 9600 -o found.txt -1 ?l?d -i --increment-min=4 --increment-max=8 my_word_hash.txt
However I have no ideea what I can do to improve the odds of finding the pass, although I am pretty sure that I did not put more then 1 numeric character in there somewhere (most likely either at the beginning of at the very end). When I start hashcat I get the following message:
The wordlist or mask you are using is too small.
Therefore, hashcat is unable to utilize the full parallelization power of your device(s).
The cracking speed will drop.
Workaround: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=fre...full_speed
INFO: approaching final keyspace, workload adjusted
I am not sure that that means and although I did read online about this warning, tbh I feel like I am way out of my league here.
If anyone could help with some advice, it would be very much appreciated. I would like to get a p2.x8large Amazon instance to try to get some juice under the hood for this job, but it would be nice to know that I am not throwing my hard earned money out the window with a poor hashcat request.
Many thanks
I'm a newbie with a problem. Some months ago I password protected a word 2013 document (because paranoia) and didn't write down the password. Of course I forgot the password and now I am getting a bit desperate as I need that doc for my job.
This is how I got to hashcat. I looked up how this can be done, managed to extract the hash and got hashcat running and doing it's job. I believe that my password was strictly alphanumeric and of maximum 8 characters. I came up with this:
hashcat64.exe -a 3 -m 9600 -o found.txt -1 ?l?d -i --increment-min=4 --increment-max=8 my_word_hash.txt
However I have no ideea what I can do to improve the odds of finding the pass, although I am pretty sure that I did not put more then 1 numeric character in there somewhere (most likely either at the beginning of at the very end). When I start hashcat I get the following message:
The wordlist or mask you are using is too small.
Therefore, hashcat is unable to utilize the full parallelization power of your device(s).
The cracking speed will drop.
Workaround: https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=fre...full_speed
INFO: approaching final keyspace, workload adjusted
I am not sure that that means and although I did read online about this warning, tbh I feel like I am way out of my league here.
If anyone could help with some advice, it would be very much appreciated. I would like to get a p2.x8large Amazon instance to try to get some juice under the hood for this job, but it would be nice to know that I am not throwing my hard earned money out the window with a poor hashcat request.
Many thanks