THC-Hydra

Description

thc-hydra is a modular, parallelized network logon cracking tool. It supports a great many networking protocols, such as POP3, FTP, SMTP, SMB, and SSH (v1 and v2), and is available on all major operating systems.

Tool Type

• Password Cracker

More Information

• A brief introduction to thc-hydra, including basic installation and use examples from CyberPunk
• The Kali tools website has a short introduction to thc-hydra, including tool use examples and subtool (dpl4hydra, xhydra, hydra-wizard, and more) functions
• Automate the Planet gives us a thc-hydra examples write-up, including installation in brief for Windows
• Watch a video introduction to thc-hydra from Network Chuck
• Get a step-by-step walkthrough of using the graphical tool xhydra to brute-force an SSH login on a remote server
• A practical tutorial to installing and running thc-hydra on a Linux system from FreeCodeCamp
• Another guide to installing, running, and viewing output for thc-hydra on Kali Linux Tutorials

Sample Use/Screenshots

The xHydra GUI

The thc-hydra main program usage/help output.

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