blackSquare [Stego]

I can see some kind of morse but not any letter, can anyone tell me a hint?

Is there any way to decode the m***e other than by hand?? I cant find anything that will get the job done

oufff, got it, feel free to pm me

I’d appreciate some help with this one, found a possible solution but I’d like to save my eyes the strain in case its a red herring.

Yeah, I also found the “flag” after tediously manually decrypting the code and manual error correction :smile: , but it’s 20 chars long and it’s not correct…

Type your comment> @jkh said:

I’d appreciate some help with this one, found a possible solution but I’d like to save my eyes the strain in case its a red herring.

the code is in the middle of the sentence, You can find the word FLAG…

@bashsupremacy said:
Yeah, I also found the “flag” after tediously manually decrypting the code and manual error correction :smile: , but it’s 20 chars long and it’s not correct…

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Nice Challenge, spolied by the bit at the end. Speak H4CK3R or don’t , but the spelling of the flag meant it too me ages (and a needed a nudge) to find out exatly what to submit.

Absolutely no idea where to even begin on this one… I load the image into an editor, can mess around with brightness, exposure, color, etc… I can see a weird spot in the photo - but beyond that, no idea what I’m supposed to do. So far I don’t see any text or anything. What am I supposed to be doing?

Wow! Funny.
I spent some time to find the right filter. I wanted to use the cv2 (OpenCV) library in python to really understand the numbers behind the hidden image.
I love to find solutions with some piece of reusable code.

@quantumtheory said:
Absolutely no idea where to even begin on this one… I load the image into an editor, can mess around with brightness, exposure, color, etc… I can see a weird spot in the photo - but beyond that, no idea what I’m supposed to do. So far I don’t see any text or anything. What am I supposed to be doing?

Did you try some different “schema”? :wink:

Type your comment> @lucazzz said:

@quantumtheory said:
Absolutely no idea where to even begin on this one… I load the image into an editor, can mess around with brightness, exposure, color, etc… I can see a weird spot in the photo - but beyond that, no idea what I’m supposed to do. So far I don’t see any text or anything. What am I supposed to be doing?

Did you try some different “schema”? :wink:

I’m not sure how to go about that. I’m thinking that this one is a little over my head lol

Similar to m0rsarchive but simpler. If you have done the former, this one is done easily :slight_smile:

So funny challenge, I didn’t know I could use my non-hacking skills to solve forensics challenges ■■■■. Feel free of PM me if you need a wee nudge

Type your comment> @syn4ps said:

Similar to m0rsarchive but simpler. If you have done the former, this one is done easily :slight_smile:

couldnt figure that one out either… i know how it needs to be done, but i couldnt figure out how to unzip everything continuously until i get to the last archive and need to crack that…

but this black square challenge… no idea how to go about it

Type your comment> @quantumtheory said:

Type your comment> @syn4ps said:

Similar to m0rsarchive but simpler. If you have done the former, this one is done easily :slight_smile:

couldnt figure that one out either… i know how it needs to be done, but i couldnt figure out how to unzip everything continuously until i get to the last archive and need to crack that…

but this black square challenge… no idea how to go about it

Edit the picture, you will see something. Then, just decode. As I said, it’s way faster if you script it, but it can also be done manually.

As for m0rsarchive , just find a way to decode the password automatically then pass it to unzip and loop through the result until you reach the end :slight_smile:

I’ve decoded everything manually and found the key but still not sure how to submit it, tried multiple ways and it won’t work. Would really appreciate it if someone PMd me & pointed in the right direction

Did I spell the flag wrong or is the flag supposed to be misspelled?

i’ve found some kind of morse but i’m stuck from days, any suggestions?

Honestly, when your reference image for the morse is more jacked up and unreadable than any form of morse translation can even determine, it might be time to just delete this challenge entirely. I’ve had to cobble together the message for it to be even remotely legible, but of course the 16 line’s of horse-$h!t that make up the morse flag are entirely unreadable (to the point of ACTUALLY having untranslatable characters). If someone can help me figure out what lines 42-56 are actually trying to say, I’d be eternally grateful.

EDIT: Retract. WOW… I just had someone to help me out on this and JIMINEY FIGGIN CHRISTMAS!!! From the Image: .— which incidentally = J The Character ACTUALLY NEEDED: …-- which = 3 How did the creator f up THAT badly???