Posts on x2q tagged hashcat. Updated as new posts are published.
fcrackzip is a small, old, command-line tool that recovers passwords on classic-ZipCrypto-encrypted .zip files. Brute-force or dictionary, runs everywhere, still useful in 2026 — with hashcat/john as the modern follow-up when it isn't fast enough.
pdfcrack is a small, single-threaded CPU tool for recovering lost PDF user and owner passwords. Fine for 40-bit RC4 and small dictionary attacks; for 128/256-bit AES PDFs, migrate to pdf2john + hashcat on a GPU.
Twenty-five years of Wi-Fi security in one post: WEP fell in 2001, WPA2 dominated for a decade, KRACK broke it in 2017, WPA3 slowly took over, and by 2027 the attack surface is 6 GHz, management-frame-protection gaps, and social engineering. Defensive guidance included.