WSO CCC OTD 2021-01-26 - SOLVED
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Randor wrote:
You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside.
Doesn't work, Windows says it is not a valid zip.
Thanks. Due to the unique way the zip file is constructed some archive programs might fail. I've tested and several of the online unzippers are working for the archive. Let me Bing that for you!
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Thanks. Due to the unique way the zip file is constructed some archive programs might fail. I've tested and several of the online unzippers are working for the archive. Let me Bing that for you!
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No, I still cannot see anything remotely intelligible. And the number of sponsored ads getting in the way just makes it more confusing. I leave the rest to those far cleverer than me.
I never did have the patience needed for treasure hunts! :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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No, I still cannot see anything remotely intelligible. And the number of sponsored ads getting in the way just makes it more confusing. I leave the rest to those far cleverer than me.
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I never did have the patience needed for treasure hunts! :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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No, I still cannot see anything remotely intelligible. And the number of sponsored ads getting in the way just makes it more confusing. I leave the rest to those far cleverer than me.
Hi Richard I used ezyzip.com and it extracted a file instruction.asm with the following in
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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(11) Our instinct assembles command SOLUTION: Our instinct assembles = (anagram indicator) command = definition instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside./*
Stage 2:
The zip file contains some gibberish 32 bit instructions in a file named instructions.asm. To continue the quest for finding the puzzle we should assemble the instructions using your favorite assembler. Or you can use an online assembler. I have tested this one: https://disasm.pro/
*/
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs# Stage 3:
The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
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Hi Richard I used ezyzip.com and it extracted a file instruction.asm with the following in
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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(11) Our instinct assembles command SOLUTION: Our instinct assembles = (anagram indicator) command = definition instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside./*
Stage 2:
The zip file contains some gibberish 32 bit instructions in a file named instructions.asm. To continue the quest for finding the puzzle we should assemble the instructions using your favorite assembler. Or you can use an online assembler. I have tested this one: https://disasm.pro/
*/
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs# Stage 3:
The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
With that much _directive_s we will be here all day :-) Nice one!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Thanks, I just got it from the link Randor gave me. But with all those fixed jump addresses it will not compile, so I am clueless as to what it means. :( However, to be fair to @Randor, it is clever, and he must have given it a lot of thought.
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(11) Our instinct assembles command SOLUTION: Our instinct assembles = (anagram indicator) command = definition instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside./*
Stage 2:
The zip file contains some gibberish 32 bit instructions in a file named instructions.asm. To continue the quest for finding the puzzle we should assemble the instructions using your favorite assembler. Or you can use an online assembler. I have tested this one: https://disasm.pro/
*/
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs# Stage 3:
The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
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(11) Our instinct assembles command SOLUTION: Our instinct assembles = (anagram indicator) command = definition instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside./*
Stage 2:
The zip file contains some gibberish 32 bit instructions in a file named instructions.asm. To continue the quest for finding the puzzle we should assemble the instructions using your favorite assembler. Or you can use an online assembler. I have tested this one: https://disasm.pro/
*/
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs# Stage 3:
The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
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With that much _directive_s we will be here all day :-) Nice one!
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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(11) Our instinct assembles command SOLUTION: Our instinct assembles = (anagram indicator) command = definition instruction
Stage 1:
There are secrets being stored within the user profile. Something inside the profile is much more than meets the eye. The GIF file representing the avatar is hiding multiple steganographic clues. You should begin by downloading the GIF file and renaming it with a ZIP extension. Instruction can be found inside./*
Stage 2:
The zip file contains some gibberish 32 bit instructions in a file named instructions.asm. To continue the quest for finding the puzzle we should assemble the instructions using your favorite assembler. Or you can use an online assembler. I have tested this one: https://disasm.pro/
*/
dec edi
jne 0x75
and BYTE PTR [ecx+0x6e],ch
jae 0x7c
imul ebp,DWORD PTR [esi+0x63],0x73612074
jae 0x76
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
bound ebp,QWORD PTR [ebp+eiz*2+0x73]
and BYTE PTR [ebx+0x6f],ah
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
ins DWORD PTR es:[edi],dx
popa
outs dx,BYTE PTR ds:[esi]
fs# Stage 3:
The x86 instructions are obviously meaningless. The hard coded offsets and duplicate instructions
give it away. Using an assembler you will find that it compiles down to the following machine code:
4F
75 72
20 69 6E
73 74
69 6E 63 74 20 61 73
73 65
6D
62 6C 65 73
20 63 6F
6D
6D
61
6E
64Let me say that this is a regular cryptic crossword puzzle. The only difference is that we will start early and begin the solving process with the puzzle hidden. This will give individuals with unique skills a chance to find and solve the puzzle first. Once every hour I will return to the site and reveal the next stage. Eventually the plain text puzzle will be completely visible to everyone. You can wait until the plain text puzzle is revealed or attempt to solve early. The choice is yours.
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Solved! Please find my answer (and the solution) hidden in my profile. Or just take my word for it and declare me the winner. :-D
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What's the answer ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I did go to the site and pasted the code into the left pane - what do you have to do to assemble it ? Edit I see it now I was thinking so deep I thought it was a status message :-D
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
