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We &#104;&#97;ve discussed alot about popular password cracking methods such a&#115; Bruteforce, &#68;&#105;ctionar&#121; attack and Rainbow tables. Howe&#118;e&#114; a question &#73; get asked frequently is if i&#116;'&#115; possible to c&#114;&#97;ck a Facebook &#97;&#99;c&#111;u&#110;&#116;. So I wish to clear con&#99;ept&#115; related t&#111; Hacking/Cracking Facebook accounts. F&#105;&#114;s&#116; of all "Hacking a Facebook account" and "C&#114;a&#99;k&#105;ng a facebook account" ar&#101; both different terminologies.

Hacking a facebook account refers to foolproof methods such as Phishing, &#107;eyl&#111;&#103;&#103;&#105;&#110;g&#44; Social engineering &#101;tc. &#10;Ho&#119;eve&#114; the terminology cracking refers &#116;o the &#109;&#101;t&#104;&#111;&#100;s such as Bruteforce, &#68;&#105;cti&#111;&#110;&#97;r&#121; attacks etc.

Brute Force Attacks

Bruteforce is one of the &#109;&#111;s&#116; common and &#109;&#111;s&#116; reliable password cracking methodologies. A bruteforce attack tries all &#112;oss&#105;b&#108;e combinations agai&#110;&#115;t the medium, until the correct password is found. However &#116;&#104;&#101; problem with a bruteforce attack is &#116;&#104;&#97;&#116; as the password complexity increases, the time taken &#116;&#111; crack &#97; password also increases.

The chart ab&#111;&#118;&#101; illustrates the time &#116;h&#101; estimated time taken &#98;&#121; a computer in order to bruteforce a p&#97;&#115;&#115;&#119;ord&#44; assuming that i&#102; it's capable of trying 10,000 passwords per second. &#72;&#111;wev&#101;&#114;, the time &#116;&#97;&#107;&#101;n can be reduced by a&#100;&#100;&#105;n&#103; the number of processors &#116;&#111; the task. &#84;&#104;er&#101;&#102;&#111;&#114;e the only flaw with t&#104;e attack &#105;s that it requires lots of poten&#116;i&#97;&#108;&#46;

Dictionary &#65;t&#116;a&#99;&#107;&#115;

&#84;h&#101; only difference with a bruteforce attack and &#68;&#105;&#99;ti&#111;&#110;&#97;ry attack is that "A Dictiona&#114;&#121; attack tries the passwords &#119;&#104;&#105;&#99;&#104; we &#119;&#97;&#110;t it to try". Confusing?. &#73;n a dictionary a&#116;&#116;&#97;&#99;&#107; we have the freedom to &#99;h&#111;&#111;&#115;&#101; a huge list &#111;&#102; words that &#112;&#101;&#111;ple commonly use in their password (Depending upon &#116;he situation). The following &#118;&#105;d&#101;o will help &#121;ou understand more about Dictionary attacks.

Is &#73;t Possible T&#111; Crack A Facebook Account?

Coming ba&#99;k to the main topic o&#102; this article. &#65; few hours back while &#73; was watching &#104;a&#99;&#107;in&#103; related videos &#111;n securitytube.net, I came across to &#97; video in &#119;&#104;&#105;&#99;h the hacker &#99;lai&#109;&#101;&#100; that one can use "Hydra &#84;&#111; Crack &#65; Facebook Password". However &#104;e&#114;e is why a bruteforce &#97;t&#116;&#97;&#99;k won't work a&#103;&#97;in&#115;t a facebeook account.