TryHackMe: Advent of Cyber 2025 | Day 9

Advent of Cyber 2025 Day 9 - Passwords - A Cracking Christmas

Learning Objectives
How password-based encryption protects files such as PDFs and ZIP archives.
Why weak passwords make encrypted files vulnerable.
How attackers use dictionary and brute-force attacks to recover passwords.
A hands-on exercise: cracking the password of an encrypted file to reveal its contents.
The importance of using strong, complex passwords to defend against these attacks.

Here I walkedthrough the day9 of advent of cyber 2025

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Task 1 - Introduction
0:59 Task 2 - Attacks Against Encrypted Files
1:55 Task 2 - Question 1
3:00 Task 2 - Question 2
4:40 Outro
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