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Forensicseasy100 pts0 solves

Metadata Detective

A colleague shared a holiday photo for the newsletter. It looks harmless, but files carry more than pixels.

Learning objectives

Inspect file metadata with ExifTool or similar tools and decode hexadecimal data.

Instructions

Analyse trip-photo.png. The flag is hidden in a metadata field.

Prerequisites: Command-line basics.
Flag format: cspk{...}
Files: trip-photo.png (13.1 KB) (download after registering)
Useful tools: ExifTool CyberChef
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