journey
Challenge#
- Name: Journey
- Category: OSINT
- Author: makeki
- Prompt: “Well the author of this challenge uses discord.”
- Flag format:
apoorvctf{first_part_second_part_third_part}
Checking out the Apoorvctf discord, channel we find the author
from reddit found this
apk mlqf fgmminbvrwtftr? ecqpegf mi otw mnwn lh jqtygw mlqf scw hyb vj ngn hwa'x aaoi qa e rsoi. Ab ztyxxi vw xf mlm smawl :(, ixfxtag kwg e bsbp nesb s webvrv kbxm. Smgkm tiex dx mlm sppy bw nvvhl ymdr gwskekgigk hj bui hmunmpx dx mlig ibsbp.vigenere cipher decode
KEY: EPSTEIN
was this bruteforceable? anyways it was easy to figure this one out if you don't live in a cave. So vegeta is in the files :(, epstein got a mail from a dating site. First part of the flag is first five characters of the subject of that email.
first part of flag is : gggeb
From reddit i got roblox username
There i found a community
And got codeforces username: MughliGhutti https://codeforces.com/profile/MughliGhutti ↗
The QR gives link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg8Jahz6RM4 ↗
Part 2:_C0d3_f0rc3s_
Also from we get to know about a blog
https://m4k3k1.blogspot.com/ ↗
found this from the blog
aWYgeW91IGFyZSBsb29raW5nIGZvciBhIGZsYWcgaGVyZSwgY29uZ3JhdHMuIFRoZSBsYXN0IHBhcnQgb2YgdGhlIGZsYWcgaXMgdGhlIG1vYmlsZSBudW1iZXIgKDEwIGRpZ3RzKSBvZiB0aGUgc3RheSB3ZSBzdGF5ZWQgYXQuIFlvdSBjb3VsZCBmaW5kIGl0IG9uIHRoZSBzb2NpYWxzIG9mIHRoYXQgc3RheS4=b64 decrypt gave
if you are looking for a flag here, congrats. The last part of the flag is the mobile number (10 digts) of the stay we stayed at. You could find it on the socials of that stay.google image search on the image indicated it was chokramudi peak.
The blog said something about “pine” and also described features of a church. and also 1 km from the chokramudi trekking point
With some trial and error we find skylark homes as the correct stay. And we can find their mobile no there.
third part of flag is : 9447332138
Final flag is : apoorvctf{gggeb_C0d3_f0rc3s_9447332138}