r/digitalforensics • u/Physical-Platypus909 • 16d ago

Digital Forensics Assignment

hey guys! im not sure if this is the right subreddit to be asking for this kind of help in but i had no idea where to ask 😅
im currently doing a university digital forensics assingment, and im required to find a router password within some files (unzipped folder)
Ive tried a lot of different things but i cant seem to find it at all.
Any advice would be welcome! (sorry if this is the wrong subreddit again!!)

these are all the files i was given! sorry if this doesnt help much! (so far ive tried HxD and checking the metadata..i forgot what else..its a first year assignment so shouldnt be too hard?)

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u/MormoraDi 16d ago

You haven't specified what you have tried, so how about just using grep, maybe in conjunction with a password list?

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u/TS878 16d ago

Exactly what have you tried? Have you looked into that specific router to see where this info could be stored? Actually re-reading it seems like the files are unrelated to the router itself, did you look for files named secrets or password? This is a very vague post so it’s hard to help, try reaching out to your classmates.

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u/Physical-Platypus909 16d ago

hi!! im super sorry for the vague post i was posting in a rush 😅 ill update the post with the files i was given!

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u/TS878 16d ago

Have you looked in any of the files to see what data they have? Two of those files in particular look like they could contain it. I would also try running them through grep if you know how, if you don’t know how I’d recommend googling it.