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i need help decrypting a hash - arondg15 - Aug 19, 2024

i found a website which had a sql vulnerability and i found this hash "e742c63f03ab602f2b38433ffc28b5145ba1332d" tied to admin
i think it is sha-1 and i have tried john and hashcat but neither of them worked
can anyone help me?


RE: i need help decrypting a hash - DramaKing - Aug 19, 2024

(Aug 19, 2024 07:26 PM)arondg15 Wrote:  i found a website which had a sql vulnerability and i found this hash "e742c63f03ab602f2b38433ffc28b5145ba1332d" tied to admin
i think it is sha-1 and i have tried john and hashcat but neither of them worked
can anyone help me?

e742c63f03ab602f2b38433ffc28b5145ba1332d:embryohotel1234*


RE: i need help decrypting a hash - firehorse - Aug 20, 2024

Encryption: SHA-1
Decrypted: embryohotel1234*


RE: i need help decrypting a hash - arondg15 - Aug 20, 2024

(Aug 19, 2024 07:36 PM)DramaKing Wrote:  e742c63f03ab602f2b38433ffc28b5145ba1332d:embryohotel1234*

thank you so much

how did you decrypt it?

i am still new and learning and if you could teach me or just tell me the way you did it that would be amazing


RE: i need help decrypting a hash - DramaKing - Aug 20, 2024

(Aug 20, 2024 07:31 AM)arondg15 Wrote:  thank you so much

how did you decrypt it?

i am still new and learning and if you could teach me or just tell me the way you did it that would be amazing

First of all, hashes are not a form of encryption and cannot be decrypted or reversed. What I did was do a lookup for the hash on hashes.com. It's a better source than, say, rockyou.txt.