Hashcat

v6.2.6hashcat.net

Attack-mode driven cracker (straight, combinator, mask, hybrid). The range's hashcat reports authored recovery outcomes deterministically; there is no real GPU workload.

Category: Credential attack & password auditing
Package: hashcat
Runs on: Linux · Windows
Commands: hashcat

Recovery results are drawn from the authored credential store. No compute device is opened.

Install it

The scripts below install the real hashcat.net package on your own machine — read them first, and run them somewhere you are allowed to change. Inside the range, one press puts the simulated package on your next machine.

Linux installer (shell script)

install-hashcat.sh

Windows installer (PowerShell)

Install-hashcat.ps1

On a range machine

Add it to your kit and every machine you launch comes with it.

On Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Kali (apt)

Refresh the package lists
```
sudo apt update
```
Install Hashcat
```
sudo apt install -y hashcat
```

RHEL, Fedora (dnf)

Install Hashcat
```
sudo dnf install -y hashcat
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Arch (pacman)

Install Hashcat
```
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm hashcat
```

Alpine (apk)

Install Hashcat
```
sudo apk add hashcat
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Check it worked

Confirm it landed on PATH
```
which hashcat
```
Check the version
```
hashcat --version
```
The range reports 6.2.6.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
sudo apt remove --purge hashcat
```

On Windows

Windows Package Manager (winget)

Search the catalog
```
winget search hashcat
```
Install Hashcat
```
winget install --id hashcat -e
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Chocolatey (choco)

Install Hashcat
```
choco install hashcat -y
```
Run the shell as administrator.

Check it worked

Confirm it resolves
```
where hashcat
```
Check the version
```
hashcat --version
```
The range reports 6.2.6.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
winget uninstall --id hashcat
```

Inside the range

Tick it on the launch screen
Under Hashcat's category on the advanced tool shelf. A lab that depends on it locks the toggle on and says why.
Or install it from a range terminal
```
sudo apt install -y hashcat
```
The simulated package manager seeds the same binaries, config and receipt the shelf toggle does.
Everything here is simulated
No software is downloaded and nothing executes — the range answers from authored fixtures.

Labs that use Hashcat

Pentest: Wireless AssessmentSit in an authorized coffee-shop parking lot, sweep the 2.4/5 GHz bands, capture the guest-WPA2 handshake, crack it against a scoped wordlist, then file a rotation-and-802.1X finding on the corporate SSID.