import os import gzip import hashlib from typing import List, Set, Dict, Optional, Iterator from pathlib import Path from collections import Counter import re
return [pwd for pwd in self.wordlist if regex.search(pwd)]
securely check if your own password appears in famous wordlists like this? AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses Copy Creating a public link... You can now share this thread with others Good response Bad response 12 sites The story behind rockyou.txt - by Avyukt Security - InfoSec Write-ups Feb 14, 2026 — wordlist rockyou
def load(self, max_passwords: Optional[int] = None) -> List[str]: """ Load the wordlist into memory
RockYou was a popular social media service that provided widgets and applications for platforms like MySpace and Facebook. On a December day in 2009, the company discovered a massive database compromise. The attackers exploited a basic —a well-known flaw that should have been patched—to gain access to their user data. The true disaster, however, was how the data was stored: import os import gzip import hashlib from typing
Yields: Passwords one by one """ if self.filepath.endswith('.gz'): with gzip.open(self.filepath, 'rt', encoding='latin-1', errors='ignore') as f: for line in f: password = line.strip() if password: yield password else: with open(self.filepath, 'r', encoding='latin-1', errors='ignore') as f: for line in f: password = line.strip() if password: yield password
raise FileNotFoundError( "RockYou wordlist not found. Please provide the correct path. " "On Kali Linux: sudo gunzip /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt.gz" ) On a December day in 2009, the company
try: # Initialize the wordlist manager rockyou = RockYouWordlist()
# Analyze character types for pwd in self.wordlist: if pwd.isdigit(): stats['character_types']['numeric_only'] += 1 elif pwd.isalpha(): stats['character_types']['alpha_only'] += 1 elif pwd.isalnum(): stats['character_types']['alphanumeric'] += 1 elif any(not c.isalnum() for c in pwd): stats['character_types']['special_chars'] += 1
@staticmethod def capitalize_variations(password: str) -> List[str]: """Generate capitalization variations""" variations = password.lower(), password.upper(), password.capitalize()
A raw dictionary attack checks the exact words in the file. However, systems often require complexity (e.g., "Must contain a capital letter and a number").