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Brute-forcing ZIP passwords with Python: Part 3

Brute-forcing ZIP passwords with Python: Part 3

From the course: Developing Ethical Hacking Tools with Python

Brute-forcing ZIP passwords with Python: Part 3

Hello and welcome to this Ethical Hacking Tools with Python video. In today's quick lesson, we're going to test the zip password bruteforcer. We've coded over the course of the previous two lessons, so if you don't know what this is all about, please go and watch those two videos to get you back on track. Okay. So our little program has been written with the purpose of trying to break into a password-protected zip archive. For that, you obviously need a password-protected zip archive and you also need a file containing the passwords you want to try against this archive. And I have these resources ready for you. Now accompanying this video, there will be an archive.zip and also a passlist.txt file that will allow you to successfully test the program. I then provided the final version of the zip password bruteforcer or Python file in there. Please also make sure to look into the guide and resources document that comes along with this video for further instructions. Now let me open up a…

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