Practical Cyber Hacking Skills for Beginners - Calculating Hash Values with PowerShell

The video tutorial introduces Microsoft PowerShell, an open-source tool available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It guides viewers through downloading and setting up PowerShell, organizing files, and using PowerShell commands to calculate hash values for different file types. The tutorial explains hash collisions, comparing MD5 and SHA256 algorithms, and demonstrates the practical application of hashing for file integrity verification.

How can hash values be used for integrity verification when sending files?

What happens to the hash value if a single pixel in an image is changed?

What command is used to calculate the hash value of a file in PowerShell?

Why is SHA-256 considered stronger than MD5?