Cyber Security Challenge

[Arese]

dilbert said:

Stuff

That's all very well and good, but how the fk do I open this jpg?

ETA: Is it something to do with PGP? Am I on the right lines?

Edited by Arese on Wednesday 28th July 17:07

[dilbert]

Arese said:

dilbert said:

Stuff

That's all very well and good, but how the fk do I open this jpg?

ETA: Is it something to do with PGP? Am I on the right lines?

Edited by Arese on Wednesday 28th July 17:07

Cmon chap; The answer has already been posted. On THIS thread!
Check out the posts I *didn't* make.

[Arese]

dilbert said:

Arese said:

dilbert said:

Stuff

That's all very well and good, but how the fk do I open this jpg?

ETA: Is it something to do with PGP? Am I on the right lines?

Edited by Arese on Wednesday 28th July 17:07

Cmon chap; The answer has already been posted. On THIS thread!
Check out the posts I *didn't* make.

Done it now. I'm browsing in a letterbox window so I miss posts sometimes!

[itsnotarace]

I'm on part 4 of this now and it's getting much harder

[cazzer]

Bugger....I haven't got past the Jpg yet.....but I have a hunch.

[sonic_2k_uk]

cazzer said:

Bugger....I haven't got past the Jpg yet.....but I have a hunch.

It's 4096 bit RSA - you haven't got a chance

[itsnotarace]

cazzer said:

Bugger....I haven't got past the Jpg yet.....but I have a hunch.

Look closely at the border of the xkcd cartoon. Really closely.

[cazzer]

itsnotarace said:

cazzer said:

Bugger....I haven't got past the Jpg yet.....but I have a hunch.

Look closely at the border of the xkcd cartoon. Really closely.

Yeah that was my hunch....were lookin at binary there arnt we?

(Unfortunately I spent last night changing the wife's brakes)

[itsnotarace]

Ya

I have uploaded the binary from the cartoon, open in your fave hex editor to read the next cipher (easy part)

http://rapidshare.com/files/409760718/csc_part2.wb...

The URL will take you to the harder part, that I'm still stuck on

[Arese]

I thought it was over once you got the jpg

[cazzer]

Bah...want to be doing this....why does work have to get in the way

[itsnotarace]

Finished, took me 5 hours with notepad and ASCII tables and lots of trial and error.

1. CAUTION - SPOILER BELOW##

Congratulations! You've found and completed the REAL challenge. Your win code is cyb##########

Please email this code to our team at media@......... If you’re the first person to do so, and can prove you meet the eligibility criteria (British citizen currently resident in the UK) we will be in touch to advise how to claim your prize. well done and good luck in the Cyber Security Challenge competitions taking place throughout the rest of the year.

Only 4 days too late, oh well.

Edited by itsnotarace on Thursday 29th July 16:50

[cazzer]

Argh....the word "spoiler" wouldn't have gone amiss.
I took the approch of writing some code to look for patterns.
I was plumping for ASCII.
Still i'll finish the code when I get home.
well done BTW..

[itsnotarace]

Sorry, added spoiler warning now