mrcrypt's steganography challenge
download the image
and use the folded elephant in tandem with your favorite
image forensic tools to capture all three flags!
the flags will be the encrypted text within braces.
for example flag{encryptedtext}
decrypt the flag and enter it into the official
DEFCON 610 Pub Crawl CTF scoreboard to claim your points.
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YOU, TOO, can fold your very own elephant named war!
click here
to go to the elephant origami download and print instructions page.
BE AWARE
that this will reveal some of the solution. feel free to have a friend
print this part out for you and fold it using the instruction linked below.
HAVE A SHEET ALREADY?
download these instructions
or watch this video.
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::::HINTS YOU NEED::::
FLAG 01 "cds02_cover"
the key to the code is tied around the elephant's legs.
FLAG 02 "cds02_title"
it may be cliche and see-through on the surface, but it is key.
FLAG 03 "cds02_elephant"
There are hints to the key in the elephant's ears, but that just scratches the surface.
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::::JUST JUMP TO THE SOLUTION::::
here
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An Elephant Named War
From the Notebooks of Mefa Kane
...and I met a Kabbalist there, although that wasn't his faith. Interesting guy.
He saw the document I got from the teller and immediately noticed what I'd wrote.
I could see his mind taking it apart. Sure, it was supposed to be easy; that's the
key. But to see the cipher as a cipher, then interrupt me a moment later?
He ended up inviting me to what passed for a pub in 1570's France. After a few drinks
and hearty laughs, he finally admitted the whole thing was a sham! Through some
dumb luck, he'd gotten credit for the whole thing. His friend was rightfully pissed.
What are you going to do, though?
He'd rambled on about a safari he once was on, even though I'd heard that never happend.
Nevertheless, he went on about this great beast he saw. An elephant of incredible stature
with cryptic markings all over it. The legs and ears seemed to have letters and numbers
tattood on its hide. He'd thought maybe something was on its stomach, but couldn't be
sure. I spent the rest of the night patiently guiding his drunken digressions to their ends.
It was a fun night out. I had a noble to assassinate the next day, so this was all just
killing time anyway. What really got my attention that night was...
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