LEVEL: ADVANCED
OP: DEEP STATE
CASE ID: #STEG-IMG-004
[ INTELLIGENCE BRIEF ]
One of our undercover informants ("Alias: Shadow") was compromised. Before destroying their equipment, they managed to upload a seemingly innocent photograph to a public forum.
We know Shadow uses steganography techniques to obfuscate coordinates and keys within multimedia files. Analyze the image and extract the distress message.
One of our undercover informants ("Alias: Shadow") was compromised. Before destroying their equipment, they managed to upload a seemingly innocent photograph to a public forum.
We know Shadow uses steganography techniques to obfuscate coordinates and keys within multimedia files. Analyze the image and extract the distress message.
Intercepted Evidence: drop_zone.jpg
Note: The extraction passphrase might be empty (blank password).
[ DOWNLOAD EVIDENCE ]
Note: The extraction passphrase might be empty (blank password).
![[ DOWNLOAD EVIDENCE ]](/assets/challenges/drop_zone.jpg){kind=link}
Open your favorite terminal (Linux/Kali), use tools like steghide or binwalk, and then enter here:
submit OP-DEEP-STATE FLAG{...}
submit OP-DEEP-STATE FLAG{...}