Task 1: recon
After rummaging through a colleages drawer during a security audit, you find a USB key with an interesting file, you think its hiding something, use the data on the key to penetrate his workstation, and become root.
This room contains steganography and may be difficult. If you are finding it difficult to overcome, read the hint for flag 1.
Being able to analyse a file and determine its contents is important. Once you extract the hidden file in the image, there will be further work to do.
Remember, password reuse is bad practice.
Answer the questions below
- I have downloaded the file
I have extracted the hidden file with steghide.
