How Hackers Use CyberChef | Every Encoding Technique Explained

AoC Day-17 ‪@RealTryHackMe‬

In this comprehensive tutorial, I'll show you how to use CyberChef (the Cyber Swiss Army Knife) to decode various encoding formats including Base64, XOR, MD5, ROT13, and more. Perfect for CTF challenges, forensics, and security analysis!

🎯 What You'll Learn:
✅ Complete CyberChef interface walkthrough
✅ Base64 encoding and decoding
✅ Chaining multiple CyberChef operations
✅ XOR encryption and decryption
✅ MD5 hash cracking with CrackStation
✅ ROT13 and ROT47 cipher operations
✅ Hexadecimal encoding/decoding
✅ HTTP header inspection techniques
✅ Browser Developer Tools for security analysis
✅ Network tab analysis for hidden data
✅ Solving progressive encoding challenges
✅ Building complex CyberChef recipes

💻 Topics Covered:
CyberChef operations and recipes
Encoding vs encryption differences
Base64 encoding fundamentals
Double Base64 encoding techniques
XOR encryption theory and practice
XOR key usage and reversal
MD5 hashing and cracking
ROT13 Caesar cipher
ROT47 extended cipher
Hexadecimal conversion
Reverse string operations
Chaining operations for complex decoding
HTTP headers hidden information
Browser DevTools (Debugger, Network, Console)
Web application security analysis
CTF challenge methodology

🔧 Tools Demonstrated:
CyberChef (online and offline versions)
Browser Developer Tools (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)
Network tab for HTTP analysis
Debugger for JavaScript inspection
CrackStation for hash cracking
Base64 encoding/decoding
XOR cipher operations
Hash identification tools

🚀 Perfect For:
CTF players learning encoding challenges
Security analysts using CyberChef
Forensics investigators decoding data
Ethical hackers analyzing encoded data
Bug bounty hunters finding hidden info
Anyone interested in cryptography
Students learning encoding techniques

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