RE: Point-of-Sale Activation 02-01-2018, 07:45 PM
#75
I just bought an Ares 8A tablet at Walmart yesterday, but the cashier didn't properly scan the tablet, so I wasn't given the activation code and ended up finding this forum/thread on Google, saving me a trip back to Walmart.
Anyway, I did the testDISA method. However, the hash wasn't unsalted md5 like it seemed to be for others. The hash in my testDISA file was salted bcrypt. I ended up using hashcat to mask attack the hash since I knew it was going to be a 6 digit number. I had never used hashcat before (or any cracking software for that matter). Took me the better part of an hour to figure out the syntax and everything but it took less than one minute to actually crack it. Apparently the salt and stronger cipher isn't much of a deterrent.
Anyway, I did the testDISA method. However, the hash wasn't unsalted md5 like it seemed to be for others. The hash in my testDISA file was salted bcrypt. I ended up using hashcat to mask attack the hash since I knew it was going to be a 6 digit number. I had never used hashcat before (or any cracking software for that matter). Took me the better part of an hour to figure out the syntax and everything but it took less than one minute to actually crack it. Apparently the salt and stronger cipher isn't much of a deterrent.
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