The flag is hidden inside the Penguin! Solve this challenge before solving my 100 point Scope challenge which uses similar techniques as this one.
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I wonder, what's the password for the steghide?
I did it fully on Windows but I wonder what's the role of Linux in the challenge
I did it fully on Windows but I wonder what's the role of Linux in the challenge
I did it fully on Windows but I wonder what's the role of Linux in the challenge
I did it fully on Windows but I wonder what's the role of Linux in the challenge
I did it fully on Windows but I wonder what's the role of Linux in the challenge
All i can say is basic linux commands and some strings and binwalk with base64 wont hurt
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6000 people figured it out. Look inside the .jpg for the ascii strings, this is usually a good place to start. These challenges are 2 or 3 years old so you can also google the solution. Good Luck!
If I you asked me "What is a moon?" would you understand "The moon, Earth's natural satellite, emerged from a tumultuous collision in the ancient cosmos, sculpting our planet's tidal rhythms, climate equilibrium, and axial steadiness." NO! because the words in the sentence are related to science, space stuff which someone who knows nothing of space can't understand. .jpg ascii strings (and who cares the the information is 2 years ago. one doesn't understand and you who are in it has take your mind out of it to understand and share info for "AN ABSOLUTE BEGINNER") as stated. to leave a call back number press 1. to leave a voice msg press 2. to jump off a cliff press 3.
If you just read through the comments in this thread, you will find lots of suggestions on how to solve this challenge. Starting something new is difficult indeed. Maybe hackthebox or tryhackme would be a better fit for you bc they provide some tutorials as well. My challenges are designed to start simple and get progressively more difficult, but you have to do some work yourself, like google 'ctflearn tux solution writeup' if you need some suggestions of where to begin.
There is also a website cyberchef that a lot of ctf people use that might be useful to you.
There are comments below that say 'strings and binwalk', so if you are not familiar with strings google 'linux strings command line tutorial'.
Good Luck!
Nigel this might help too: https://ctflearn.com/lab/
If you read through the comments in this thread, that would be a good place to start, i.e. strings and binwalk. Google 'ubuntu linux strings command line'
Don't think like a student, Think like hacker. (they dont care how they do it they just want to reach the objective FLAG) so start with this is a forensic CHALLENGE you got a picture search how you can take it apart, Then go read whats the definition of each type of output you get and so on......... again whenever you get an output copy paste on google you will find people talking about it and solving it AGAIN you are suppose to be a hacker reach your GOAL and with time you will learn techniques and be able to start analyse and know how to approach things on your own. just ENJOYYY it brother it's all about the dopamine hit at the end when you get the FLAG
You're welcome. I designed the challenges to increase in difficulty. If you want to try Mountain Man / Hail Caesar / Shah of Gimli / KeyMaker / VargasIsland they may give you the chance to learn more new things. Thanks!
Easy, for beginners: use strings and base64
My challenges are designed to increase in difficulty; yes this is an easy 20 point problem for beginners.
You are damn right!
what do i do with the password?
Use BinWalk and look for a .zip file
3 weeks ago
if you need solution: * * you first need to use exiftool and look for the comment it is encoded base64 decode it that is the password then if you use binwalk you'll find there is a zip in image use (binwalk --extract --dd="." Tux.jpg) to extract the files then go to zip file and use the password