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We &#104;ave discussed alot about popular password cracking methods such &#97;s Bruteforce, &#68;&#105;&#99;ti&#111;&#110;&#97;ry attack and Rainbow tables. Ho&#119;ever a question &#73; get asked frequently is if &#105;&#116;'&#115; possible to &#99;&#114;a&#99;k a Facebook &#97;c&#99;oun&#116;&#46; So I wish to clear &#99;o&#110;ce&#112;&#116;s related t&#111; Hacking/Cracking Facebook accounts. First of all "Hacking a Facebook account" and &#34;&#67;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#107;in&#103; a facebook account" a&#114;e both different terminologies.

Hacking a facebook account refers to foolproof methods such as Phishing, k&#101;&#121;logg&#105;ng&#44; Social engineering e&#116;&#99;.&#13;&#10;H&#111;&#119;ev&#101;r the terminology cracking refers &#116;&#111; the m&#101;&#116;&#104;&#111;&#100;&#115; such as Bruteforce, &#68;i&#99;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#97;ry attacks etc.

Brute Force Attacks

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

The chart a&#98;&#111;&#118;e illustrates the time the estimated time taken by a computer in order t&#111; bruteforce a &#112;a&#115;sw&#111;&#114;&#100;&#44; assuming that &#105;f it's capable of trying 10,000 passwords per second. &#72;o&#119;&#101;&#118;&#101;r, the time taken can be reduced by &#97;dd&#105;n&#103; the number of processors to the task. The&#114;ef&#111;&#114;&#101; the only flaw with th&#101; attack &#105;s that it requires lots of potent&#105;a&#108;.

Dictionary &#65;t&#116;&#97;ck&#115;

&#13; &#84;&#104;e only difference with &#97; bruteforce attack and Di&#99;t&#105;on&#97;&#114;&#121; attack is that "A &#68;i&#99;tion&#97;&#114;&#121; attack tries the passwords &#119;&#104;&#105;ch we &#119;an&#116; it to try". Confusing?. &#73;&#110; a dictionary &#97;&#116;ta&#99;k we have the freedom to &#99;&#104;&#111;os&#101; a huge list &#111;f words that &#112;&#101;&#111;p&#108;e commonly use in their password (Depending upon t&#104;&#101; situation). The following vi&#100;&#101;&#111; will help you understand more about Dictionary attacks.

Is It Possible To Crack A Facebook Account?

Coming ba&#99;k to the main topic of this article. &#65; few hours back while I was watching hack&#105;&#110;&#103; related videos on securitytube.net, I came across to &#97; video in wh&#105;ch the hacker cl&#97;&#105;&#109;&#101;d that one can use "Hydra To Crack &#65; Facebook Password". However her&#101; is why a bruteforce a&#116;t&#97;&#99;k won't work &#97;ga&#105;ns&#116; a facebeook account.