Cryptography

Encrypt And Decrypt Things With CyberChef

How to easily encrypt & decrypt things using CyberChef

Greetings fellow pwners! Today, you will learn how to encrypt & decrypt stuff using CyberChef.

Visit or Download CyberChef

CyberChef is a web application. That means, that you can run it in your browser. If you want to self host it, it's source code is available here: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/. If you don't want to self host it, it is available here: https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/




How to use CyberChef

Using CyberChef is very simple. Here are the steps to using it:

  • Find the encryption algorithm: You can use ChatGPT for this step
  • Click & drop the algorithm from the left side of CyberChef's UI
  • Paste the encrypted text into the Input window (right side of it's UI)
  • Click "Bake"
Usage demo