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AccessData Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK)

by Larry Glusman

Learn how to use AccessData’s Password Recovery Toolkit, which is a part of their Forensic Toolkit, to recover passwords. This will allow you to decrypt all sorts of encrypted documents and containers, like MS Word, PDF, TrueCrypt, and many more.

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What you'll learn

If you need to gain access to password protected files, then PRTK is the tool for you. In this course, AccessData Password Recovery Toolkit (PRTK), you’ll learn to recover passwords so you can decrypt a variety of different file types. First, you’ll explore the Password Recovery Toolkit interface, so you’ll be comfortable with using the product. Next, you’ll discover how to create custom dictionaries and profiles to help find passwords in different situations. Finally, you’ll learn how to recover passwords from encrypted files and containers. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of a password recovery expert needed to discover and decrypt a wide variety of encrypted file types.

Table of contents

Course Overview
1min
Understanding and Initializing Password Recovery Toolkit for First Use
21mins
Identify Encrypted Files with FTK
26mins
Use the Dictionary Tool in PRTK
25mins
Use Rules and Profiles to Optimize Your Password Recovery Attacks
17mins
Decrypting Files and Containers with PRTK
26mins

About the author

Larry Glusman

Larry has been in the IT field for over 30 years, doing break / fix, custom PC builds, SMB network design and maintenance, and just about everything else a SMB may need. Currently doing network administration for a non-profit.

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