Integrity check (MD5/SHA-1) performed on extracted files to ensure no corruption occurred during recovery. 4. Conclusion
A Dictionary Attack was prioritized using common wordlists (e.g., rockyou.txt ), followed by a Brute-Force Attack for complex patterns. 3. Analysis & Results Password Cracking.zip
💡 If this is for a lab or CTF (Capture The Flag), check the metadata of the ZIP file using exiftool —sometimes the password or a hint is hidden in the comments! Integrity check (MD5/SHA-1) performed on extracted files to
List of files found inside (e.g., confidential_data.txt , image.jpg ). Password Cracking.zip
The recovery process followed standard forensic procedures for password-protected archives:
John the Ripper or fcrackzip was used to process the hash.