You can open xHydra from the Kali linux menu or terminal. Target Settings Target- Settings of various target oprions Passwords – Specify password options & wordlists Tuning – Secify how fast should hydra work. Other timing options are also available. Specific – For testing on specific targets like a domain, https proxy etc. Start – Start/Stop & shows the output. Lab 1: Breaking an ssh with wordlist attack – Hydra In this lab we try to break an ssh authentication on a remote has who has IP address 192.168.0.103. Here we do a wordlist attack by using a wordlist containing most common passwords to break into the root account.
Apr 21, 2016 - Below are the SMTP SSL and Non SSL settings. You should use one of the following. 
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This is covered in our guide on Recovering from a hack.
Step 1: Open thc-hydra Step 2: Set Target & protocol in the target tab. Setting the Target Step 3: Set the username as root & specify the location for a wordlist in passwords tab. Note: Kali Linux comes with built-in wordlists. Search them using the command: locate *.lst in terminal. Command: locate *.lst Other wide ranges of wordlist ranging up to 3GB or more are available on the internet. Just google for 5 minutes. Setting Password Options Step 4: Set no of tasks to 1 in tuning tab since this will reduce congestion & chance of detection.
But takes longer to complete. This is also necessary to mitigate account lockout duration. Tuning Options Step 5: Start the thc-hydra from Start tab. Starting the Attack Step 6: Scroll Down & Wait until the password gets cracked Password Logged in UI of Hydra.