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Hack the box - "Took the byte"

7/21/2019

Someone took my bytes! Can you recover my password for me?

Well, this challenge is not as easy as it looks for 20 points, but tools like CyberChef helps us in solving it quickly. Load the file in CyberChef and enjoy the magic!

Upload the password file to cyber chef and use the following Recipe available in the image below:

3 Comments

FelixGB_

1/30/2020 02:02:46 pm

I must admit that I couldn't figure it out, no wonder why.
How did you figure out :
- XOR
- Key : FF

Thanks

John

2/6/2020 12:12:37 am

For the XOR => the name of the challenge helps "Took a byte" let suggest a byte shift.
For the FF key, there is a XOR bruteforce option in cyberchef. Once you applied it, there is the string "password.txt" which could be found.

Jacques

1/18/2021 10:45:38 pm

I did XOR bruteforce but I didn't see the string "password.txt"

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