Twine

/twʌɪn/
noun

strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together.

Image Analysis

Images can contain hidden information, this can be in the form of text, metadata or even other images.

Steganography is the art of hiding messages within ordinary sets of data, non-secret files to avoid detection. Image steganography is the art of hiding messages within an image, the image can be a .png, .jpg, .bmp or any other image format.

Image Viewer applications can only display the image, they do not have the capability to display the hidden information. Therefore, to extract the hidden information, we need to use tools that can extract the hidden information.

The Challenge

Below is an image file. Download it and find the hidden flag within. Your task is to uncover the flag using any tools or techniques at your disposal.

twine.png
Hint

the tools strings can be helpful, learn more by typing man strings in your terminal

Submit your flag

Submit your flag for the Twine challenge