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Question 87

An engineer is using Hashcat to brute force passwords from a file of hashes. How should the following hash be handled in the scenario? aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee

    Correct Answer: A

    The hash 'aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee' is a known representation of a blank password in LANMAN (LM) hashing. This means that the password field is empty, and there is no need to process or crack this hash. Hence, it should be skipped.

Discussion
sasdsOption: A

Skip this step if the LANMAN password hashes are empty (aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee).

sasdsOption: A

What is aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee? The string “aad3b435b51404eeaad3b435b51404ee” is the LM hash for 'no password'. In other words, its empty

847ch0n3Option: A

A, it's empty. aad3b435b51404ee