”McElferson! McElferson! Come quickly!” yelled Elf-ministrator.
”What is it Elf-ministrator?” McElferson replies.
”Data has been stolen off of our servers!” Elf-ministrator says!
”What was stolen?” She replied.
”I… I’m not sure… They hid it very well, all I know is something is missing” they replied.
”I know just who to call” said McElferson…
Check out the supporting material here.
Challenge and supporting material created by Sq00ky.
1# What data was exfiltrated via DNS?
1"Candy Cane Serial Number 8491"2# Go to the wireshark dump, search for AAAA ####(hash)3# Then use the following command to decode it.4echo 43616e64792043616e652053657269616c204e756d6265722038343931 | xxd -r -p
#2 What did Little Timmy want to be for Christmas?
1PenTester2# Wireshark -> File -> Export -> HTTP3# Now crack the password with a wordlist4fcrackzip -b --method 2 -D -p /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -v christmaslists.zip5cat christmaslisttimmy.txt6Dear Santa,7For Christmas I would like to be a "PenTester"! Not the Bic kind!8Thank you,9Little Timmy.
#3 What was hidden within the file?
1steghide extract -sf TryHackMe.jpg2# There is no password for the extract3cat christmasmonster.txt4 ARPAWOCKY5 "RFC527" <-67 Twas brillig, and the Protocols8 Did USER-SERVER in the wabe.9 All mimsey was the FTP,10 And the RJE outgrabe,1112 Beware the ARPANET, my son;13 The bits that byte, the heads that scratch;14 Beware the NCP, and shun15 the frumious system patch,1617 He took his coding pad in hand;18 Long time the Echo-plex he sought.19 When his HOST-to-IMP began to limp20 he stood a while in thought,2122 And while he stood, in uffish thought,23 The ARPANET, with IMPish bent,24 Sent packets through conditioned lines,25 And checked them as they went,2627 One-two, one-two, and through and through28 The IMP-to-IMP went ACK and NACK,29 When the RFNM came, he said "I'm game",30 And sent the answer back,3132 Then hast thou joined the ARPANET?33 Oh come to me, my bankrupt boy!34 Quick, call the NIC! Send RFCs!35 He chortled in his joy.3637 Twas brillig, and the Protocols38 Did USER-SERVER in the wabe.39 All mimsey was the FTP,40 And the RJE outgrabe.4142 D.L. COVILL43 May 1973