2025-09-02

First Hydra Crack + Ssh Login

Security+ Review

Worked through 20/90 practice questions.
Focused on understanding concepts thoroughly instead of speed.

Lab Work

Hydra brute force → cracked password xavier.
Discovered and downloaded id_rsa private key.
Decrypted passphrase using John the Ripper.
Logged in via SSH successfully.

Milestone

🚩 First full chain compromise achieved (Hydra → RSA → John → SSH).