: Use StegSolve to cycle through the color planes. Often, the flag is hidden in the Least Significant Bits (LSB) of the Red, Green, or Blue channels.
The first step in any forensics challenge is to verify the file type and examine basic metadata. 2022-06-03 11-32-03~2.png
: Use binwalk -e 2022-06-03 11-32-03~2.png to see if another file (like a .zip or .txt ) is embedded inside the image data. 5. Final Flag Extraction : Use StegSolve to cycle through the color planes
The most common solution for this specific file involves . Many CTF creators intentionally modify the height or width values in the PNG header so the image doesn't render correctly or hides the flag at the bottom. Tool : Hex Editor (like HxD or hexedit ). : Use binwalk -e 2022-06-03 11-32-03~2
: Run strings 2022-06-03 11-32-03~2.png . In many versions of this challenge, the flag or a hint is appended to the end of the file in plain text, past the IEND chunk.