Zanzibar Whisper steghide with an empty passphrase

forensics

flag hiCTF{sp1c3_1sl4nd_s3cr3ts}

Category: stego · Artifact: extracted/zanzibar_whisper.jpg (1024x683 JPEG)

Hint

"A mysterious image from the shores of Zanzibar … a whisper from the Spice Island."

The challenge image:

The challenge photo, zanzibar_whisper.jpg

The JPEG carries a steghide payload with no passphrase:

bash

1steghide extract -sf zanzibar_whisper.jpg -p '' -xf zan.txt
2cat zan.txt

output

hiCTF{sp1c3_1sl4nd_s3cr3ts}