Can’t crack specific zip file with John on one OS, but manged to do it on another OS [closed]

I’m using John The Ripper for cracking zip archives under Kali Linux and Ubuntu 22 LTS, and it sometimes works, but sometimes doesn’t. When I prepare a zip archive under Windows, it cracks it perfectly, but sometimes there are files that I… Continue reading Can’t crack specific zip file with John on one OS, but manged to do it on another OS [closed]

What’s the most simple approach to this wordlist generation and ruleset problem?

This is a password recovery project, which is more complex than just generated a wordlist, since using my tries (see below) it seems to be not enough to just generate a wordlist.
I’m trying to recover my old Bitcoin wallet, which I created… Continue reading What’s the most simple approach to this wordlist generation and ruleset problem?

Is there a simple way to generate complex password wordlists? [closed]

I’ve had this encrypted box I’ve been locked out of for a few years. This week I decided to see if there wasn’t a way I could open it again. As you can guess my search pretty quickly turned up Hashcat and John the ripper.
It’s great that t… Continue reading Is there a simple way to generate complex password wordlists? [closed]