misc/de-compressed
Perchik
111 solves / 368 points
As an elite cyber security expert, you've been tasked with uncovering the secrets hidden within a message intercepted from a notorious spy.
We suspect there may be more to this message than meets the eye. Can you use your skills in steganography to uncover whatever else might be hiding?
The fate of national security is in your hands.
Ran strings on the zip file and initially struggled with extracting the data. Attempted multiple unzip applications.
strings message.zip
[jVn6b README.txt= 46X6i (MT> P|9c secret.txt <q9K ^o4 U#q@ }Zpdlt [jVn6b README.txtPK
Now to extract the secret.txt
Ultimately running a repair with WinRAR extracted the "Secret.txt" file that was present during the strings command.
cat Secret.txt
I read between the lines, my vision's clear and keen I see the hidden meanings, the truths that are unseen I don't just take things at face value, that's not my style I dig deep and I uncover, the hidden treasures that are compiled
Used the following website to extract the message
https://330k.github.io/misc_tools/unicode_steganography.html
Disregard the README, I am still on the team. dam{t1m3_t0_kick_b4ck_4nd_r3l4x}