For future solvers: You need to learn more about AES 256 and do some exercises to solve this challenge. It's very nice challenge :)

Thanks!

easiest -d -j .data Bangalore

i can't i've tried everything

i cant find the .data !!!!! i found the key but the iv is still cant find it, any help ?

edited:

after a day, i found the .data and the .text

tried to openssl it and still bad decrypt

objdump -d -j .data may help

Nice one! I had problems counting in hex, and also, that skip 00 part confused me. Again, ChatGPT helped!

CTFlearn{A11_Y0ur_Ba5e_Are_Bel0ng_T0_Us}

??? At least protect that comment wtf?

bruh

Dang, that took me a long time. Is good to work with AES. In the end had to resort to a kind of brute force.

Another classic kcbowhunter forensics challenge, loved it! Great work!!

Thanks!

For future solvers: You need to learn more about AES 256 and do some exercises to solve this challenge. It's very nice challenge :)

Thanks!

easiest -d -j .data Bangalore

i can't i've tried everything

i cant find the .data !!!!! i found the key but the iv is still cant find it, any help ?

edited:

after a day, i found the .data and the .text

tried to openssl it and still bad decrypt

objdump -d -j .data may help