Commands file and echo are your friends ;)

Just finished the puzzle, what are you talking about?

ack 'learn' <br /> results/exif/comment 1:CTFlearn{CTFIsEasy!!!}

I found two flags, the original one is base64

Thank you @kcbowhunter

strings -n 10 Snowboard.jpg

the real flag is decoded right under the flag after u found

It's easy

flag is under the flag with a base

bro how many challenges on exif!!

they get a little more difficult each time, they are designed to increase in difficulty

yeah because it is important, back in 2015 this was very useful, now when you upload a photo in modern platforms like facebooks and others, they delete the metadata

hey dude, can you help me on SpaceStation challenge ?

Have you tried googling the solution?

yup, tho there is no write ups, im gonna try now to solve it again and will let you know

https://gitea.iitdh.ac.in/180010027/CTFlearn-Writeups/src/branch/master/Forensics/Snowboard/README.md

bro snowboard is easy, i meant the spacestation

how would I know to decode the code with base64? is there some kind of pattern indicating it should be decoded with base64 or just need experience to be able to identify it?

Mainly experience; but base64 is limited to a certain set of characters.

yeah thought so, maybe I need to spend some more time in here to get a hang of it. Btw thanks for these challenged, really appreciate it.

Not a fan of fake flags

Can't believe I fell for the decoy. Good challenge.

Huge + for decoy, haha

Thanks... this is a pretty simple problem so hopefully the decoy is pretty obvious :-)

False flags don't feel good unless you clearly make it so that people know. This could hurt beginners, so yeah

It's such a simple problem that the false flag just makes it a little more difficult.

Probably should be marked as 'medium' as it requires a couple of steps, especially since the flag is fake, which for newbie like myself makes for a fair bit of wasted time. If you want to use a fake flag, us it to give a hint...the decode was far from obvious

Real flag is beside the Fake flag!!!

It was kinda hard! Try learning base64 decoding

imagine the file command is enough to solve the challenge for me