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Created page with "'''WEIRD MESSAGE 50pts''' '''DESCRIPTION''' You hacker friend sent you a weird message. What could all this mean? '''QUESTION''' Try to read the message somehow: VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyLCB5b3UgdG9vIG11c3QgbGVhcm4gYWxsIHRo ZSBlbmNvZGluZyBzY2hlbWVzIApBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOiAK NDc4MzYzNWQtODUxZC00MjNiLTg3YzQtMGU4NWRhM2JlZjM0 '''From base64 decoded''' To become a great hacker, you too must learn all the encoding schemes Also a flag might be hel..." |
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===Description=== | |||
You hacker friend sent you a weird message. | |||
What could all this mean? | What could all this mean? | ||
50pts | |||
===Question=== | |||
Try to read the message somehow: | Try to read the message somehow: | ||
VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyLCB5b3UgdG9vIG11c3QgbGVhcm4gYWxsIHRo | <code>VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyLCB5b3UgdG9vIG11c3QgbGVhcm4gYWxsIHRo | ||
ZSBlbmNvZGluZyBzY2hlbWVzIApBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOiAK | ZSBlbmNvZGluZyBzY2hlbWVzIApBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOiAK | ||
NDc4MzYzNWQtODUxZC00MjNiLTg3YzQtMGU4NWRhM2JlZjM0 | NDc4MzYzNWQtODUxZC00MjNiLTg3YzQtMGU4NWRhM2JlZjM0</code> | ||
===Solution=== | |||
The formatting of the text looked very familiar and I decided to try to encode that text with the base64 algorithm. | |||
To become a great hacker, you too must learn all the encoding schemes | |||
The code translated into the following format | |||
<code>To become a great hacker, you too must learn all the encoding schemes | |||
Also a flag might be helpful: | Also a flag might be helpful: | ||
4783635d-851d-423b-87c4-0e85da3bef34 | 4783635d-851d-423b-87c4-0e85da3bef34</code> | ||
===Tools=== | |||
* https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ - Super tool to encode and decode strings | |||
===Flag=== | |||
<code>4783635d-851d-423b-87c4-0e85da3bef34</code> | |||
Revision as of 05:40, 5 September 2022
Description
You hacker friend sent you a weird message.
What could all this mean?
50pts
Question
Try to read the message somehow:
VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyLCB5b3UgdG9vIG11c3QgbGVhcm4gYWxsIHRo
ZSBlbmNvZGluZyBzY2hlbWVzIApBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOiAK
NDc4MzYzNWQtODUxZC00MjNiLTg3YzQtMGU4NWRhM2JlZjM0
Solution
The formatting of the text looked very familiar and I decided to try to encode that text with the base64 algorithm.
The code translated into the following format
To become a great hacker, you too must learn all the encoding schemes
Also a flag might be helpful:
4783635d-851d-423b-87c4-0e85da3bef34
Tools
- https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ - Super tool to encode and decode strings
Flag
4783635d-851d-423b-87c4-0e85da3bef34
