Stefano Ottolenghi

Stefano Ottolenghi

I write code and technical documentation. And rants.

Technical Writer @ Neo4j
Software Engineer @ Post Pay Counter

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Brute force a crackme file password with Python

Posted on Tue 13 February 2018 in binary reverse, brute force, python, programming, IT, security

I was to reverse a file for a challenge, MD5 hash 85c9feed0cb0f240a62b1e50d1ab0419.

The challenge was called mio cuggino, purposefully misspelled with two g letters. It asks for three numbers. The challenge led me to a brute force of the password with a Python script, learning how to interact with a …

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