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.
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