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Hashcat: Variants, Attack types & Competitions

Hashcat is a password recovery tool. It had a proprietary code base until 2015, but was then released as open source software. Versions are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Examples of hashcat-supported hashing algorithms are LM hashes, MD4, MD5, SHA-family and Unix Crypt formats as well as algorithms used in MySQL and Cisco PIX.

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Hashcat topic overview

The analysis highlights Variants, Attack types and Competitions as prominent areas in the source structure around Hashcat.

Related topics
19
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
23
Extracted relationships
32
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
23

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 11 topics
Attack types · 3 topics
Variants · 3 topics
Competitions · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developers
Jens 'atom' Steube, Gabriele 'matrix' Gristina
License
MIT License
Operating system
Cross-platform
Repository
github.com/hashcat/hashcat
Stable release
7.1.2 / 23 August 2025; 12 months ago (23 August 2025)
Type
Password cracking

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Variants

Attack types

Competitions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Hashcat connects Entity context

The extracted context around Hashcat shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Hashcat → Can, Competitions, Crack Me If, DefCon, DerbyCon, KoreLogic, Team Hashcat Another extracted example is Hashcat → Brute-force, CPU, Lookup, These, Toggle-Case. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Hashcat

Top relations

related to Competitions · 7
Hashcat → Can, Competitions, Crack Me If, DefCon, DerbyCon, KoreLogic, Team Hashcat
related to Attack types · 5
Hashcat → Brute-force, CPU, Lookup, These, Toggle-Case
related to Variants · 5
Hashcat → CPU-based, CUDA, GPU-accelerated, OpenCL, Previously
related to External links · 4
Hashcat → Confessions, Derbycon, HashcatTalk, Official
Developers · 1
Hashcat → Jens 'atom' Steube, Gabriele 'matrix' Gristina
License · 1
Hashcat → MIT License
Operating system · 1
Hashcat → Cross-platform
Repository · 1
Hashcat → github.com/hashcat/hashcat
Stable release · 1
Hashcat → 7.1.2 / 23 August 2025; 12 months ago (23 August 2025)
Type · 1
Hashcat → Password cracking

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

software password attack cpu hashcat-legacy tool 2015 available linux windows algorithms hashing opencl also md5 oclhashcat gpu recovery macos based

Hashcat relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 32 structured relationships around Hashcat. Examples in this analysis include Hashcat → Developers → Jens 'atom' Steube, Gabriele 'matrix' Gristina and Hashcat → License → MIT License. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HashcatDevelopersJens 'atom' Steube, Gabriele 'matrix' Gristina1.00infobox
HashcatLicenseMIT License1.00infobox
HashcatOperating systemCross-platform1.00infobox
HashcatRepositorygithub.com/hashcat/hashcat1.00infobox
HashcatStable release7.1.2 / 23 August 2025; 12 months ago (23 August 2025)1.00infobox
HashcatTypePassword cracking1.00infobox
HashcatWebsitewww.hashcat.net1.00infobox
Hashcatis apassword recovery tool0.90text
data-dependent branchinginstance ofDue to factors0.80text
serializationinstance ofDue to factors0.80text
and memoryinstance ofDue to factors0.80text
Hashcatrelated to Attack typesThese0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Hashcat bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Attack, Oclhashcat and Tool. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Hashcat
    • Attack
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Cpu
    • Password
    • Software
    • Based
    • Brute-force
    • Competitions
    • Core
    • Cracking
    • Cudahashcat
  • hashcat
    • Attack
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Cpu
    • Password
    • Software
    • Based
    • Brute-force
    • Competitions
    • Core
    • Cracking
    • Cudahashcat
  • brute-force attack
    • Brute-force
    • Cracking
    • Modes
    • Website
    • Hashcat
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Core
    • Cpu
    • Derbycon
    • Official
    • Password
  • dictionary attack
    • Brute-force
    • Cracking
    • Modes
    • Website
    • Hashcat
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Cpu
    • Password
    • Release
    • Variants
    • Based
  • mask attack
    • Brute-force
    • Cracking
    • Modes
    • Website
    • Hashcat
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Cpu
    • Password
    • Release
    • Variants
    • Based
  • attack types
    • Brute-force
    • Cracking
    • Modes
    • Website
    • Hashcat
    • Oclhashcat
    • Tool
    • Cpu
    • Password
    • Release
    • Variants
    • Based
  • password recovery
    • Tool
    • Cracking
    • Recovery
    • Release
    • Variants
    • Website
    • Oclhashcat
    • Also
    • Attack
    • Competitions
    • Cudahashcat
    • Gpu
  • competitions
    • Release
    • Variants
    • Core
    • Cracking
    • Cudahashcat
    • Derbycon
    • Official
    • Recovery
    • Team
    • Website
    • Gpu
    • Oclhashcat

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Hashcat, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Hashcat with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Hashcat — Overview · splits 12 ⟂ 12
Hashcat — Variants · splits 20 ⟂ 4
Hashcat — Attack types · splits 20 ⟂ 4
Hashcat — Competitions · splits 21 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Hashcat

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples32
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Hashcat to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Variants, Attack types & Competitions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Hashcat · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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