PT0-002 Attacks and Exploits Practice Question
A penetration tester uses Hashcat to crack NTLM hashes captured during a pass-the-hash attack. Which Hashcat mode should the tester use for NTLM hashes?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
-m 1000
Hashcat mode -m 1000 is for NTLM hashes. Other modes correspond to different hash types.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
-m 0
Why it's wrong here
Mode 0 is for MD5.
- ✗
-m 13100
Why it's wrong here
Mode 13100 is for Kerberos 5 TGS-REP.
- ✓
-m 1000
Why this is correct
Mode 1000 is for NTLM.
- ✗
-m 22000
Why it's wrong here
Mode 22000 is for WPA-PBKDF2.
Go deeper
Related to this question
Learn chapter
Penetration Testing Methodology
Key term
Hashcat
Hashcat is a powerful password recovery tool that uses various attack methods to crack password hashes, widely used by security professionals and penetration testers.
Key term
Pass-the-hash
Pass-the-hash is a cyberattack where an attacker captures the hash of a user's password and uses it to authenticate to other systems without ever knowing the actual password.
About these practice questions
This PT0-003 question is part of Courseiva's 185-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This PT0-003 practice question is part of Courseiva's free CompTIA certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the PT0-003 exam.