Cryptax
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I tried TU CTF.
I only played 1 or 2 hours and flagged quite a lot: this is an easy CTF, good for beginners. See some very quick write-ups below.
Unfortunately I can’t remember the titles of the challenges.
Challenge 1 We have a binary to decompile. I use Ghidra and locate a strange function called thisone
The printFlag function decodes the flag.
I write a program to mimic the decoding:
Cobol OTP Category: Crypto Author: midao Level: easy Solves: 104
Thanks to R. who actually flagged it :)
Description To save the future you have to look at the past. Someone from the inside sent you an access code to a bank account with a lot of money. Can you handle the past and decrypt the code to save the future?
Attached file A zip is provided with:
otp.cob: a program in Cobol out 1 2 Enter your message to encrypt: ���y;dhu��F�]UjhC��-�1T`h&��F�1*T{_���p02J Understanding the Cobol program We understand the Cobol program is performing XOR encryption using a key provided in a keyfille.
This was a different type of challenge, in between regular Escape Rooms/ Geo-caching and CTF.
11 different challenges were scattered nearby the CTF room, and you needed to solve at least 10 of these challenges to be able to recover a code to unlock a safe where you’d find a flag for the Exploit Quest.
The challenges weren’t too difficult, but I found this rather long and was happy to complete the task with @IdleWog (mushd00m team).