CynoSure Prime

A password research collective

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

https://t.co/KyFSkLiitR

[Lakiw @[email protected] @lakiw]

Wrote up a new blog entry on improving the OMEN password cracking algorithm. The changes have also been included in the new version of the PCFG password cracking toolset. Link: https://t.co/eLdORRdoBQ

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

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No more recipe-for-disaster rule sets.
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[winxp5421 @winxp5421]

Test hashes are live!

Test your submission platform / scripts.

[winxp5421 @winxp5421]

Oh hey, #crackthecon is back @CypherCon this year.

Come crack some passwords.
https://t.co/h2ynkegM2m

[Per Thorsheim @thorsheim]

PasswordsCon will be held at the University in Oslo, Department of Informatics, on December 2-4, 2024. In our 15th year this will be our 24th iteration of the conference, and our third time doing academic proceedings.

Please RT! 🙏

CFP:
https://t.co/XFOyC5AcE9

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

We just posted our 2023 @CrackMeIfYouCan write-up.

https://t.co/w8BrICNSOs

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

Congratulations to team @hashcat for taking first place in @CrackMeIfYouCan this year. It was a tough battle at the end, well deserved! Always a fun contest. Thank you for your hard work organizing every year @CrackMeIfYouCan !

[hashcat @hashcat]

Team hashcat has placed first in the @CrackMeIfYouCan contest at #DEFCON31! This marks our 10th CMIYC win! As always @CynoPrime put up a great fight, congrats on 2nd place, looking forward to the writeup! Big thanks to KoreLogic and @PasswordVillage for organizing the contest!

[unix-ninja @unix_ninja]

Congratulations team @hashcat !!
😄

And great job to @CynoPrime and the others who competed!

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

@CrackMeIfYouCan

Are you a password Yoda now?

Crack me you, I can.

[Per Thorsheim @thorsheim]

CFP for #PasswordsCon in Bergen, May 15-16 & 18 is now online: https://t.co/v8TCU4gl2S

Please RT!

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

Our write-up to this year's @CrackMeIfYouCan is now available at https://t.co/pfudvbzQWS

@hashcat @john_users

[KoreLogic @CrackMeIfYouCan]

Pro results are official: hashcat 1st, Cynosure Prime close 2nd, https://t.co/rKLtzlXd4j Users - Pro close 3rd. There's a slight undercount for some Street hashes, where 1-4 place are all very close, so might make a difference, stay tuned.

[hashcat @hashcat]

Team hashcat has won the @CrackMeIfYouCan contest at #DEFCON30! It was extremely close at the end, everyone put up a great fight. Congrats to @CynoPrime for 2nd place and to HashMob for 3rd place. Thanks to KoreLogic and @PasswordVillage for organizing this year's contest.

[john-users team @john_users]

Here is our #CrackTheCon write-up and a single password cracking tip (borrowed from @CynoPrime's blog): https://t.co/YjxWSGoHGr

[Lakiw @[email protected] @lakiw]

Here is my #CrackTheCon write-up and seven password cracking tips: https://t.co/7nfO0ISvNI
CC: @CynoPrime @john_users

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

#crackthecon Team Hashmob has done a fantastic job with their write-up for the 2022 crackthecon password cracking competition. The write-up can be found here: https://t.co/KohSibyfZC

[Tamper Info @tamperinfo]

Thank you @winxp5421 for this uniquely awesome bit of history, and of course @Goetzman @tymkrs & everyone who helped make @CypherCon 5 SP3 happen

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

@TychoTithonus You guys were perfectly fine. We did have a team continuously resubmit old hashes. About 50 million hashes or about 50% of all submissions to the system.

[CynoSure Prime @CynoPrime]

#crackthecon Teams, monitor your founds and uploads on the log page. There is no benefit in finding "new" founds and submit them, if your team has already found and submitted them a long time ago.