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Exclusive or (xor) is a logical operation that outputs true only when both inputs differ (one is true, the other is false).

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Attempting to auto reverse XOR

Does anyone know of any helpful tools or a way to automate decryption of XOR in IDA? I know that they have a built in function to do some bare XOR encryption but this one seems a bit more ...
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Figuring out the algorithm for an NFC reader, which displays values increased by 1.52 times

I have two NFC readers, reader A reads card ID numbers according to the ISO standard and the algorithm is publicly available. Reader B is from a Canon printer. The card numbers read by reader B are 1....
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Trying to reverse encypter to decrytper in C. Can't figure out what I'm missing

Goal: Trying to reverse encrypter to decrypter that successfully decrypts. This is the pseudo-code of the disassembled encrypting program. There are no function calls, and I've been able to somewhat ...
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Where is the XOR operation?

I am doing TryHackMe REloaded room, level 3. When I got stuck I followed this tutorial which mentions an XOR by 7 operation being performed on a string, however I cannot see it anywhere. Where is it ...
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How would I decode this XOR Cipher

I have been given a XOR Cipher which is a bunch of hexidecimal looking charcters. This cipher is: fa ce fd d3 fa df ed d3 fa ce d3 d3 fa de df d3 fa de df d3 fa de f9 d3 fa ce f9 d3 fa de f1 d3 ...
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How would I crack a software that has Xor encryption

So, before you shout at me to go on google I would just like to say I am new to reverse Engineering. Like I have been doing it for a hour. So, I was doing a bunch of crackmes.one using the search all ...
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How to decrypt cocos2d luac type?

I am new with IDA and cocos2d. Since I have learned how to decrypt cocos2d Lua file, I found xxtea tool with Sign and Key and how to find Sign header in some game in Lua file. But that method does not ...
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RE on firmware images that seem to use weak encryption/obfuscation. Robot vacuum

I have been playing with some robot vacuums that utilize very basic navigation, and I am wanting to play around with my own provisioning along with adding a Rpi to augment features. These vacuums are ...
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Help regarding XOR game decryption algorithm

I'm currently trying to reverse engineer the decryption algorithm for an old online game, using a chat message packet, as it contains text which is easily recognizable. I used a packet sniffer to get ...
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Decode xor data in IDA

I have code that looks like this: byte_100031BA4 = v41; byte_100031BA5 ^= 0x3Eu; byte_100031BA6 ^= 0x47u; LOBYTE(a1) = -9; byte_100031BA7 ^= 0xF7u; byte_100031BA8 ^= 0xA9u; byte_100031BA9 ^= 0xE8u; ...
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xor eax,3 why does the input change the way it does?

I am new to reverse engineering and I am trying to figure out exactly what xor is doing in this little program. I know if I put any number other than 0 I get a xor eax,3 so if I put in 1 I get 2 if I ...
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Stuck on XOR decryption of firmware

TL;DR I have an encrypted image and the cleartext version, and I'm almost certain it's an XOR cipher, but I can't figure out how to decrypt it. I have a few clues listed below. Ciphertext excerpt (...
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Tektronix firmware XOR puzzle

As a means of learning about packing firmware and for fun I am trying to unpack the latest firmware for an entry level Tektronix Function generator firmware attached I have read the forum and ...
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File Decryption Problems

over the past year, I provided an English patch to a community of thousands of players of a game I love and which is not available in English (just Chinese and Korean). Sadly, besides me, other ...
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Does someone recognize this "lookup table"? (used for xor encryption)

This table is part of the packet encryption of an old game for which I am developing a server. The crypto algorithm doesn't just xor the password with the message. It uses a multiple of the ascii ...
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