EntropyCapture: Simple Extraction of DPAPI Optional Entropy

Published

2022-05-18 14:45

Collected

2026-10-17 09:06

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id: 9736
title: "EntropyCapture: Simple Extraction of DPAPI Optional Entropy"
source_domain: specterops.io
source_url: "https://specterops.io/blog/2022/05/18/entropycapture-simple-extraction-of-dpapi-optional-entropy/"
published_at: "2022-05-18T14:45:12Z"
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/9736"
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# EntropyCapture: Simple Extraction of DPAPI Optional Entropy

## Summary

How the EntropyCapture tool can decrypt the sensitive DPAPI blob back to readable data, and may provide additional information to be used in an attack path.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** specterops.io
- **Published:** 2022-05-18T14:45:12Z
- **Original:** https://specterops.io/blog/2022/05/18/entropycapture-simple-extraction-of-dpapi-optional-entropy/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/9736