Practical Password cracking - Office files | Ethical Hacking
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*The ultimate Practical Password cracking course for office Files *
Welcome to this comprehensive course on Office Passwords Cracking. In this course, you’ll learn techniques and tools to recover office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel Passwords). This course assumes you have NO prior knowledge in hacking and cracking, and by the end of it, you’ll be at a comfortable level, being able to crack the office file’s passwords and secure them like security experts!
This course is highly focused on practical password cracking. You will be able to crack office passwords with CPU and GPU-based attacks from Kali Linux as well as Windows Machine. you’ll learn everything by example and practical guides, so we’ll never have any dry boring theoretical lectures.
Each practical lecture is accompanied by a free pdf presentation explaining the attack which can be downloaded and used as a quick reference.
After finishing this course you will also be acquainted with the best free password cracking tools and techniques that you can implement in your future learning path. We also discuss some services and tools that can help you to speed up the office password cracking process.
The Quick Breakdown of the course content is as follows:-
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How to Install Kali Linux in a virtual environment in a quick and easy way.
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How to password protect word, excel and PowerPoint Files.
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How to use John to crack office passwords on Kali Linux.
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How to use Hashcat for faster GPU-based Attacks.
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How to install John the ripper and Hashcat on Windows.
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How to crack office passwords from Windows without Kali Linux.
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How to Unlock read-only Excel Files.
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How to remove sheet and workbook protection from Excel sheets.
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How to remove read-only restriction from Word and PowerPoint files.
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How to remove passwords from office documents with free online password recovery service.
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How to use Paid tools to crack office passwords.
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How to remove passwords from very old word documents with Guaword utility.
Notes:
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This course is created for educational purposes only and all the attacks are launched in my own lab or against systems that I have permission to test. The instructor is not linked to any tool or service mentioned in the course in any capacity.
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Microsoft Word Password Cracking with JohnThe lesson covers the basic usage of office2john and john the ripper cracker on Kali Linux and how these tools can be used to crack word document passwords.
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Installing Hashcat on Windows
Hashcat is a GPU cracker that is able to crack passwords much faster than John. The lesson covers the installation of this tool on Windows. So, that your GPU can be utilized to crack the passwords.
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Cracking Excel passwords with John and Hashcat
The lesson covers the methodology to crack excel passwords while utilizing GPU power. We first obtain the hash of the excel sheet with office2john utility and then use the Hashcat for powerful GPU based attack to crack the password.
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Installing John on Windows
John is the go to tool for cracking office passwords. The lecture covers the methodology to install the tool on Windows with all its dependencies
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Cracking Office Passwords on Window with John
Afraid of Kali Linux? The lesson provides an easier and alternative way to use the popular password cracking tools on Windows. We will be cracking PowerPoint passwords while remaining on Windows operating system.
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Unlocking Read Only Excel Files
The lecture covers the technique to remove read-only protection passwords from excel sheets so that they can be edited again.
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Remove Sheet and Workbook Protection from Excel Sheets
Sheet protection and workbook protection are techniques to secure excel sheets. The lesson covers an easy methodology to remove these protections.
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Unlock Read only Word and PowerPoint Files
The lecture covers the technique to remove read-only protection passwords from word and PowerPoint documents so that they can be edited again.
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Free online Password Recovery Service
In this Lecture, we are going to see an online service that offers free password cracking for word, excel and PowerPoint documents. If the document has a weak password, the service can be used to break the password within 3 minutes.
Disclaimer
The Tutorial is only for educational purposes. The instructor is not linked to the service and is not earning any commissions.
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Automated Excel password cracking with Passfab
In this Lecture, we are going to see an automated tool to crack Excel passwords. Passfab provides premium tools to crack different types of passwords like word, excel or PowerPoint.
Disclaimer
The Tutorial is only for educational purposes. The instructor is not linked to the service and is not earning any commissions.
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Remove Passwords from Old Word Documents
The lecture covers the methodology to remove passwords from very old word files (97-2000) with an old utility Guaword. We are going to see the tool, Guaword installation and its usage. The tool is very useful for forensic investigators who happen to find a variety of old documents.
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Cracking Pdf Passwords with Pdfrip
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Crack Pdf passwords with pdfcrack
