Seaside.driving.rar

"The flag was hidden in the LSB (Least Significant Bit) of the Seaside.jpg image. Using stegsolve , the flag became visible in the Blue Plane 0." 4. Final Flag FLAG{Seas1de_Dr1v1ng_Success} Tools Used 7-Zip / Unrar: Extraction. Exiftool: Metadata analysis. CyberChef: Decoding Base64/Hex/Rot13 strings. StegSolve / Binwalk: Discovering hidden data in files.

Describe the specific "aha!" moment where the flag was uncovered.

[e.g., Digital Forensics / Steganography / Reverse Engineering] File Provided: Seaside.Driving.rar Seaside.Driving.rar

Extract the hidden flag or identify the malicious artifact within the compressed archive. 1. Initial Triaging

If the RAR was encrypted, describe how the password was found (e.g., rockyou.txt wordlist, hint in metadata, or brute force). Static Analysis: "The flag was hidden in the LSB (Least

Running strings on the extracted files to look for "CTF{" or suspicious URLs.

Using unrar l Seaside.Driving.rar or 7z l , the following files were identified: Seaside.jpg (Possible Steganography) Driving_Instructions.txt (Potential hint or encoded data) Map.exe (Potential malware or custom binary) 2. Extraction & Analysis Exiftool: Metadata analysis

If a binary was included, explain the behavior observed in a sandbox or debugger (e.g., X64dbg, Ghidra). 3. Flag Recovery