Password Cracking with Brute Force Algorithm and Dictionary Attack Using Parallel Programming

Studying password-cracking techniques is essential in the information security discipline as it highlights vulnerability of weak passwords and need for stronger measures to protect sensitive information. While both methods aim uncover passwords, approach task different ways. A brute force algorithm generates all possible combinations characters a specified range length, while dictionary attack checks against predefined word list. This study compares efficiency these using parallel versions Python, C++, Hashcat. The results show that NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with CUDA significantly faster than Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 GPU cracking speedup 11.5× 10.4× without special characters, respectively. Special increase time, making process more challenging. our implementation indicate processing greatly improves speed techniques. achieved 1.9× six cores, showed 4.4× eight-core static scheduling. passwords.