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So we have found the base64 string “SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=” on a locked down workstation and we want to decode. Quite often we don’t have access to tools so here’s a list of ways to decode the string using various languages.

Python

12>>> import base64 >>> base64.b64decode("SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=")

PowerShell

12PS > [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String("SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=")) blahblah

Perl

12use MIME::Base64; print decode_base64("SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=");

BASH

1echo SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE= | base64 --decode

php

1echo base64_decode("SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=");

C#

12byte[] data = Convert.FromBase64String("SGVsbG9Xb3JsZCE=");… Continue reading →