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Auto data decode with CyberChef Magic

The Magic operation available in CyberChef attempts to detect various properties of the input data and suggests which operations could help to make more sense of it. In Intensive mode it also performs brute force of character encodings, XOR, bit rotates, etc.

Input data used in this example was first encoded as hex, then encrypted with XOR with 0xff key and finally Base64 encoded - the tool automatically detected all three operations performed in less than 2 seconds:

CyberChef Magic operation

Other operations available in the tool are also useful during security testing.

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