How to download and setup hashcat:

https://hashcat.net/hashcat/
- download hashcat binaries
https://www.7-zip.org/
- download and install
unzip the hashcat-6.2.4.7z file with 7zip
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- enter your GPU info, download drivers, and install
- 471.96-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe
https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
- download the toolkit and install
- cuda_11.4.2_471.41_win10.exe
https://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=timeout_patch
- create a file called wddm_timeout_patch.reg with the following contents:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers]
"TdrLevel"=dword:00000000

Note about the handshake file:

The handshake does not contain any information that will help us get the password
It can only be used to check if a password is valid or not

/usr/share/hashcat-utils/cap2hccapx.bin test-01.cap wpa2_handshake.hccapx
- converts to a file named wpa2_handshake.hccapx
Copy the wpa2.hccapx to hashcat folder in Windows
- where you have the exe saved
If you are going to use a wordlist, also add that file in the hashcat folder
Open command prompt
- navigate to hashcat directory
hashcat.exe -I
- to see gpus available in the computer
- if using PS, type .\hashcat.exe -I
hascat.exe -m 2500 -d 2 wpa2_handshake.hccapx passwords.txt
- -m 2500 = hash type, tell hashcat to crack WPA/WPA2
- -d 1 = use device #1, tell hashcat to use GPU
hashcat.exe -m 2500 -d 2 -a 3 wpa2_handshake.hccapx ?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d
- press s to see the status

.\hashcat.exe -m 22000 -d 2 wpa2_handshake.hc22000 mywordlist.txt
.\hashcat.exe -a 3 -m 22000 -d 2 wpa2_handshake.hc22000 ?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d?d

.\hashcat.exe -m 22000 -d 2 -r rules/best64.rule spectrum.hc22000 rockyou.txt

crunch 8 8 | john --stdin --session=my_session --stdout | hashcat -m 2500 -d 1 Jobs\BDO_firemni_wifi\handshake04.hccapx