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Initial Enumeration Manual Password Hunting

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Password Hunting

Passwords in the Registry

powerquery
01reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Currentversion\Winlogon"
powerquery
01reg query HKLM /f password /t REG_SZ /s
02reg query HKCU /f password /t REG_SZ /s

Passwords in Files

code
01findstr /si password *.txt
code
01findstr /si password *.txt *.ini *.config *.xml