User:SchenkSimoneau967

We h&#97;v&#101; discussed alot about popular password cracking methods such &#97;s Bruteforce, &#68;ict&#105;&#111;&#110;&#97;&#114;&#121; attack and Rainbow tables. &#72;&#111;&#119;e&#118;&#101;&#114; a question &#73; get asked frequently is if &#105;t&#39;s possible to &#99;ra&#99;&#107; a Facebook ac&#99;oun&#116;&#46; So I wish to clear &#99;&#111;nc&#101;&#112;ts related &#116;&#111; Hacking/Cracking Facebook accounts. F&#105;&#114;&#115;t of all "Hacking a Facebook account" and "&#67;ra&#99;k&#105;&#110;g a facebook account" a&#114;&#101; both different terminologies.

Hacking a facebook account refers t&#111; foolproof methods such as Phishing, k&#101;&#121;l&#111;g&#103;i&#110;&#103;&#44; Social engineering et&#99;.&#13;&#10;&#72;&#111;&#119;e&#118;&#101;&#114; the terminology cracking refers &#116;o the &#109;et&#104;&#111;ds such as Bruteforce, Dic&#116;&#105;o&#110;ary attacks etc.

Brute Force Attacks

Bruteforce &#105;&#115; one of the &#109;o&#115;t common and mos&#116; reliable password cracking methodologies. A bruteforce attack tries all &#112;os&#115;ibl&#101; combinations &#97;&#103;&#97;i&#110;&#115;&#116; the medium, until the correct password is found. However th&#101; problem with &#97; bruteforce attack is t&#104;a&#116; as the password complexity increases, the time taken to crack a password also increases.

The chart ab&#111;&#118;e illustrates the time &#116;h&#101; estimated time taken &#98;&#121; a computer in order t&#111; bruteforce a &#112;&#97;s&#115;w&#111;rd&#44; assuming that &#105;f it's capable of trying 10,000 passwords per second. &#72;o&#119;e&#118;&#101;r&#44; the time &#116;a&#107;en can be reduced by &#97;dd&#105;ng the number of processors &#116;&#111; the task. Ther&#101;&#102;&#111;r&#101; the only flaw with t&#104;e attack &#105;s that it requires lots of &#112;&#111;&#116;e&#110;tia&#108;&#46;

Dictionary At&#116;ack&#115; &#10;&#13;&#10;&#84;&#104;e only difference with a bruteforce attack and &#68;&#105;&#99;t&#105;o&#110;a&#114;y attack is that "A Di&#99;&#116;&#105;o&#110;&#97;r&#121; attack tries the passwords wh&#105;&#99;&#104; we &#119;a&#110;&#116; it to try". Confusing?. In a dictionary att&#97;&#99;&#107; we have the freedom to c&#104;oo&#115;&#101; a huge list &#111;f words that pe&#111;&#112;l&#101; commonly use in their password (Depending upon &#116;he situation). The following &#118;&#105;&#100;eo will help yo&#117; understand more about Dictionary attacks.

Is It Possible To Crack A Facebook Account?

Coming &#98;a&#99;&#107; to the main topic &#111;&#102; this article. &#65; few hours back while &#73; was watching h&#97;ck&#105;ng related videos o&#110; securitytube.net, I came across to a video in &#119;hi&#99;&#104; the hacker cla&#105;&#109;ed that one can use "Hydra T&#111; Crack A Facebook Password". However h&#101;&#114;&#101; is why a bruteforce a&#116;&#116;ack won't work again&#115;&#116; a facebeook account.