Strings

Prompt

The hackers have hidden a message in this image. Find out what it is.

STEG1.jpg28.7KB

Walk-Through

This challenge involves using the strings Linux command to find a hidden message. A random portion of the image file was modified to insert the message, which is why there is a distortion in the image.

The horizontal distortion that occurs near the eye is a result of the corruption caused by inserting the hidden message randomly within the image data
The horizontal distortion that occurs near the eye is a result of the corruption caused by inserting the hidden message randomly within the image data

The command below can be used to find any text within image’s binary data and limits the results to ones that contain SKY, which is part of the the standard flag format. 

strings STEG1.jpg | grep SKY

Questions

What is the hidden flag in the image?

Run the strings command on the image and search for text that contains “SKY”

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