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Ming Chow
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Hacker of the old-school variety. Associate Teaching Professor at Tufts University. Likes the simple life. My views are mine alone. #GGMU
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I will be running my Security course on Twitch, live sessions, this semester on Thursdays at 4:30PM EST, the 11th season! twitch.tv/mchow01. Open to the public. Schedule:
9/4: The Command Line Interface 9/11: Packet Analysis Using Wireshark 9/18: Reconnaissance using Ping, Netcat, and Nmap 9/25: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks and Scapy feat John Hammond 10/2: Passwords and Password Cracking with John the Ripper 10/9: Vulnerability Scanning, Exploitation, Badness-O-Meter 10/16: SQL Injection and Web Proxies 10/23: The Mistakes You Can't Make 11/6: Really, Really Bad Code and Static Analysis 11/13: Malware and Malware Analysis 11/20: Forensics 12/4: Opportunities, Where Do You Go From Here
September 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Results of a Password Cracking Contest in My Security Class, Spring 2025 mchow01.github.io/education/se...
* (MD5) sisterbear:frederic => 113 students cracked this * (MD5) grizzlybear:bisbocciavano => 102 students cracked this * (MD5) jackbear:n0n4nc3571241 => 98 students cracked this * (MD5) pandabear:dodgers1 => 113 students cracked this * (MD5) yogibear:ethsbm => 28 students cracked this * (MD5) mamabear:noB!.132EP;F/u35 => 0 student cracked this 😛 * (MD5) barneybear:yasuoshu => 80 students cracked this * (MD5) papabear:lynnw00d => 92 students cracked this * (SHA-512) bluebear:cbr900rr => 100 students cracked this * (SHA-512) cozybear:datblygu23 => 38 students cracked this * (SHA-512) polarbear:qaxSYIAL => 0 students cracked this 😛 * (SHA-512) teddybear:Magoveny => 79 students cracked this * (SHA-512) carebear:13p70m3nin6i7i5 => 93 students cracked this * (SHA-512) blackbear:Rh|ZY=TCvw4$*4fT => 0 student cracked this 😛 * (SHA-512) fancybear:69770257 => 20 students cracked this * (SHA-512) brotherbear:soccer10 => 102 students cracked this
March 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Results of a Password Cracking Contest in My Security Class, Fall 2024 mchow01.github.io/education/se...
* (MD5) sisterbear:reflex => 115 students cracked this * (MD5) grizzlybear:tenebamur => 104 students cracked this * (MD5) jackbear:574ch95 => 106 students cracked this * (MD5) pandabear:scarlett1 => 114 students cracked this * (MD5) yogibear:2^;CU4i*Z#Eryu8T => 0 student cracked this * (MD5) mamabear:fmdoei => 22 students cracked this * (MD5) barneybear:amanduzzpower => 44 students cracked this * (MD5) papabear:hildy123 => 61 students cracked this * (SHA-512) bluebear:clay => 114 students cracked this * (SHA-512) cozybear:BETHANDEMILY => 24 students cracked this * (SHA-512) polarbear:4085018 => 14 students cracked this * (SHA-512) teddybear:3ch0p124c7ic => 88 students cracked this * (SHA-512) carebear:arredavamo => 91 students cracked this * (SHA-512) blackbear:bhDZ@&M_86YUhTXt => 0 student cracked this * (SHA-512) fancybear:SHYKUF => 0 student cracked this * (SHA-512) brotherbear:qq123456 => 108 students cracked this
November 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
mchow01.bsky.social
I will be running my Security course on Twitch, live sessions, this semester on Thursdays at 4:30PM EST, the 9th season! twitch.tv/mchow01. Open to the public. Schedule:
9/5: The Command Line Interface (Linux/*nix) 9/12: Packet Analysis Using Wireshark 9/19: Reconnaissance using Ping, Netcat, and Nmap 9/26: DDoS Attacks and Scapy feat John Hammond 10/3: Passwords and Password Cracking with John the Ripper 10/10: Vulnerability Scanning, Exploitation, Badness-O-Meter 10/17: SQL Injection and Web Proxies (hello dumping voter database) 10/24: The Mistakes You Can't Make 10/31: We're playing CTF 11/7: Really, Really Bad Code and Static Analysis 11/21: Malware and Malware Analysis 12/5: Opportunities, Where Do You Go From Here
September 2, 2024 at 11:17 PM
mchow01.bsky.social
Results of a Password Cracking Contest in My Security Class, Spring 2024 mchow01.github.io/education/se...
(MD5) jackbear:speed-order => 104 students cracked this (MD5) barneybear:dha4 => 110 students cracked this (MD5) teddybear:ebrosg => 25 students cracked this (MD5) yogibear:Curtium => 110 students cracked this (MD5) sisterbear:Ne2Fw74C => 0 student cracked this (MD5) cozybear:500768 => 113 students cracked this (MD5) brotherbear:x8yJ82L44,F; => 0 student cracked this (MD5) carebear:rd2tgq7k => 102 students cracked this (SHA-512) bluebear:Stranger Things => 6 students cracked this # you know… (SHA-512) papabear:anthony => 114 students cracked this (SHA-512) blackbear:edQ%=2-6gJ50 => 0 student cracked this (SHA-512) grizzlybear:147852369 => 113 students cracked this (SHA-512) mamabear:765870 => 27 students cracked this (SHA-512) pandabear:Password21& => 40 students cracked this (SHA-512) polarbear:lustick => 62 students cracked this (SHA-512) fancybear:noycoafe => 71 students cracked this
March 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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I will be running my Security course on Twitch, live sessions, this semester on Thursdays at 4:30PM EST, the 8th season! twitch.tv/mchow01. Open to the public. Schedule:
2/8: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks and Scapy feat John Hammond 2/15: Password Cracking with John the Ripper 2/29: SQL Injection and Web Proxies 3/7: Vulnerability Scanning, Exploitation, Badness-O-Meter 3/14: The Mistakes You Can't Make 4/4: Really, Really Bad Code and Static Analysis 4/11: Malware and Malware Analysis 4/18: Forensics 4/25: Opportunities, Where Do You Go From Here
January 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM
mchow01.bsky.social
I will be running my Security course on Twitch, live sessions, this semester on Thursdays at 4:30PM EST, the 7th season! twitch.tv/mchow01. Open to the public. Schedule:
9/7: Linux/*nix Commands 9/14: Packet Analysis Using Wireshark 9/21: Reconnaissance using Ping, Netcat, Nmap, and SHODAN 9/28: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks and Scapy feat John Hammond 10/5: Password Cracking with John the Ripper 10/12: Vulnerability Scanning, Exploitation, Badness-O-Meter 10/19: SQL Injection and Web Proxies 10/26: TBD (Hacker Jeopardy again?) 11/9: Really, Really Bad Code and Static Analysis 11/16: Malware and Malware Analysis 11/30: Forensics 12/7: Opportunities, Where Do You Go From Here
September 6, 2023 at 7:43 PM