---
id: 8252
title: "GPU Password Cracking – Building a Better Methodology"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/gpu-password-cracking-building-a-better-methodology/"
published_at: "2014-03-15T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["gpu", "password-cracking", "hashcat", "methodology", "lm-hash", "mask-attack"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8252"
lang: en
---

# GPU Password Cracking – Building a Better Methodology

## Summary

NetSPI details its GPU cracking methodology on a 1,000-hash sample: crack legacy LM hashes first, run dictionary attacks with rules, then apply the 43 most common mask patterns for quick wins.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2014-03-15T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/gpu-password-cracking-building-a-better-methodology/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8252