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Other Zip file passwords

Discussion in 'Software' started by liratheal, 3 Sep 2014.

  1. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Okay, so.

    This is going to sound strange.

    One of our customers has been hit a few times, and we found an IP address associated with a download.

    Being the inquisitive fellow I am, I grabbed the file.

    I've run password crackers on zip files before, but this isn't likely to be using dictionary words, and I'm somewhat at a loss as to how long it'd take to brute force this file - Which is in itself only a few hundred kilobytes.

    Has anyone got any experience with zip file passwords?
     
  2. phuzz

    phuzz This is a title

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    There's some good options here, but I'd guess for a small zip that with a fast CPU you could probably bruteforce it relatively quickly, depending on how many characters they're using.
     

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