Medusa: A Speedy, Parallel As Well As Modular Login Brute-Forcing Tool

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About Medusa
Medusa is a speedy, parallel, too modular, login brute-forcer. The finish is to back upward every bit many services which permit remote authentication every bit possible. The writer considers next items every bit about of the primal features of this application:

Thread-based parallel testing. Brute-force testing tin hold upward performed against multiple hosts, users or passwords concurrently.

Flexible user input. Target information (host/user/password) tin hold upward specified inward a multifariousness of ways. For example, each special tin hold upward either a unmarried entry or a file containing multiple entries. Additionally, a combination file format allows the user to refine their target listing.

Modular design. Each service module exists every bit an independent .mod file. This way that no modifications are necessary to the nub application inward lodge to extend the supported listing of services for brute-forcing.

Multiple protocols supported. Many services are currently supported (e.g. SMB, HTTP, MS-SQL, POP3, RDP, SSHv2, amid others).

See doc/medusa.html for Medusa documentation. For additional information:

Building on macOS

#getting the source
 git clone https://github.com/jmk-foofus/medusa
 cd medusa
 
 #macOS dependencies
 brew install freerdp
 $ export FREERDP2_CFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include'
 $ export FREERDP2_LIBS='-I/usr/local/lib/freerdp'
 
 #building
 ./configure
 make
 
 #executing
 
 ./src/medusa

Medusa's Installation
Medusa is already installed on Kali Linux, Parrot Security OS, BlackArch too whatever other Linux distros based for safety pentesting purposes.

For Debian-based distro users, opened upward your Terminal too come inward this command:
sudo apt install medusa
For Arch Linux-based distro users, come inward this command: sudo pacman -S medusa

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