MS Office Files Password Cracking Using JTR
Today we are going learn how to crack the password of MS Office file using JTR(John The Ripper) tool. Disclaimer: The articles provided on HackWithV is purely for informational and educational purpose only, and for those who are willing and curious to know & learn about Ethical Hacking, Security and Penetration Testing. Anytime the word "Hacking" that is used on this site shall be regarded as Ethical Hacking. What is MS Office File? Microsoft Office is a set of computer applications mainly used for business or office purposes. It has different types of format like doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx etc. What is JTR? John, better known as John the Ripper, is a tool to find weak passwords of users in a server. John supports different cracking modes and understands many ciphertext formats, like several DES variants