MEDUSA – BRUTE FORCE ATTACK
- MEDUSA is intended to be a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer.
- The goal is to support as many services which allow remote authentication as possible.
- The author considers following items to some of the key features of this application:
- Thread-based parallel testing.
- Brute-force testing can be performed against multiple hosts, users or passwords concurrently.
INTRODUCTION
- In this tutorial we are going to bruteforce the router with the Medusa tool .
- Medusa also comes in GUI and Console based . But in this we focused in GUI based tool .
- So the below image show how to open the medusa in Bugtraq Penetration Testing Distribution .
- To open medusa follow the path > Bugtraq-II > Brute force attack > Online > Medusa > Medusa GUI.
- See the below image for more details –
ENTER ROOT PASSWORD
- This application in bugtraq need a root password , so enter the password : 123456 and press enter .
- As you press enter , it open the Medusa GUI application .
- See the below image for more details -
MEDUSA OPENED
- Below you can see the Medusa opened in bugtraq .
NOW SET THE TARGET AND PROTOCOL
- Now you have to set the target : Here you have to enter the target ip address ,
- Set telnet as a protocol .
- User Single : Here you have to enter the target ip address : 10.0.0.1
- Password List : Click on the text box and select the password file .
- At the end click on the execute button .
- Below
you can see that after execution the applicatio ( Medusa-GUI) will
check the host and then it reveal the user and password information .
- Below you can see that Medusa also bruteforce the password of a router successfully .
- See the below image for more details -
AT THE END
- Above you can see how to use medusa on bugtraq-II .
- Using this tool is very simple , now run yourself and practise yourself with Medusa bruteforce attack tool .
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THIS TUTORIAL IS JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY /-
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