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We have discussed alot about popular password cracking methods such &#97;s Bruteforce, &#68;i&#99;&#116;i&#111;n&#97;&#114;&#121; attack and Rainbow tables. &#72;&#111;&#119;ev&#101;r a question &#73; get asked frequently is if i&#116;'&#115; possible to c&#114;&#97;c&#107; a Facebook a&#99;&#99;ou&#110;&#116;&#46; So I wish to clear &#99;&#111;nce&#112;&#116;&#115; related &#116;o Hacking/Cracking Facebook accounts. F&#105;r&#115;&#116; of all "Hacking a Facebook account" and "&#67;&#114;&#97;ckin&#103; a facebook account" a&#114;e both different terminologies.

Hacking a facebook account refers &#116;o foolproof methods such as Phishing, &#107;&#101;y&#108;&#111;&#103;g&#105;n&#103;, Social engineering etc&#46;&#13;&#10;&#72;&#111;w&#101;&#118;e&#114; the terminology cracking refers &#116;&#111; the meth&#111;ds such as Bruteforce, &#68;&#105;ct&#105;on&#97;ry attacks etc.

Brute Force Attacks

Bruteforce is one of the &#109;o&#115;&#116; common and mo&#115;&#116; reliable password cracking methodologies. &#65; bruteforce attack tries all po&#115;si&#98;l&#101; combinations a&#103;a&#105;&#110;s&#116; the medium, until the correct password is found. However t&#104;&#101; problem with a bruteforce attack is that as the password complexity increases, the time taken t&#111; crack &#97; password also increases.

The chart &#97;&#98;&#111;v&#101; illustrates the time &#116;&#104;&#101; estimated time taken b&#121; a computer in order t&#111; bruteforce a &#112;&#97;&#115;s&#119;&#111;&#114;d, assuming that &#105;f it's capable of trying 10,000 passwords per second. H&#111;&#119;&#101;ver&#44; the time &#116;&#97;ken can be reduced by &#97;d&#100;ing the number of processors &#116;&#111; the task. &#84;&#104;&#101;&#114;efo&#114;e the only flaw with t&#104;&#101; attack i&#115; that it requires lots of pot&#101;nti&#97;l.

Dictionary A&#116;t&#97;cks&#13;

&#84;&#104;&#101; only difference with &#97; bruteforce attack and &#68;&#105;ct&#105;&#111;n&#97;r&#121; attack is that "A Di&#99;t&#105;&#111;n&#97;&#114;y attack tries the passwords &#119;h&#105;c&#104; we &#119;a&#110;t it to try". Confusing?. In a dictionary at&#116;ac&#107; we have the freedom to c&#104;&#111;o&#115;&#101; a huge list o&#102; words that p&#101;o&#112;&#108;e commonly use in their password (Depending upon the situation). The following &#118;&#105;d&#101;o will help &#121;&#111;&#117; understand more about Dictionary attacks.

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

Coming &#98;&#97;&#99;k to the main topic &#111;&#102; this article. &#65; few hours back while I was watching hac&#107;&#105;&#110;g related videos &#111;n securitytube.net, I came across to a video in whi&#99;h the hacker &#99;lai&#109;&#101;d that one can use "Hydra &#84;&#111; Crack &#65; Facebook Password". However &#104;e&#114;&#101; is why a bruteforce &#97;tt&#97;ck won't work a&#103;&#97;i&#110;&#115;&#116; a facebeook account.