Decrypt Moonsec V3 |top| Review

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def decrypt_moonsec_v3(enc_data, volume_serial=None): iv, aes_key = derive_key(volume_serial) cipher = AES.new(aes_key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv) try: decrypted = cipher.decrypt(enc_data) unpadded = unpad(decrypted, 16) final = custom_post_xor(unpadded) return final except Exception as e: # Try reversed order (XOR then AES) print("[*] Trying XOR-first mode...") xor_unscrambled = custom_post_xor(enc_data) cipher2 = AES.new(aes_key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv) decrypted2 = cipher2.decrypt(xor_unscrambled) return unpad(decrypted2, 16) Decrypt Moonsec V3

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