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TryHackMe | Advent of Cyber 2024 | Day 1 | by INDCRYPT

 

Dive into the wonderful world of cyber security by engaging in festive beginner-friendly exercises every day in the lead-up to Christmas!

Day 1: Maybe SOC-mas music, he thought, doesn't come from a store?

Answer the questions below

1. Looks like the song.mp3 file is not what we expected! Run "exiftool song.mp3" in your terminal to find out the author of the song. Who is the author? 

exiftool '/root/Downloads/download/song.mp3'
ExifTool Version Number         : 13.00
File Name                       : song.mp3
Directory                       : /root/Downloads/download
File Size                       : 4.6 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2024:10:24 10:50:46-04:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2024:12:01 13:29:38-05:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2024:12:01 13:29:36-05:00
File Permissions                : -rwxr-xr-x
File Type                       : MP3
File Type Extension             : mp3
MIME Type                       : audio/mpeg
MPEG Audio Version              : 1
Audio Layer                     : 3
Audio Bitrate                   : 192 kbps
Sample Rate                     : 44100
Channel Mode                    : Stereo
MS Stereo                       : Off
Intensity Stereo                : Off
Copyright Flag                  : False
Original Media                  : False
Emphasis                        : None
ID3 Size                        : 2176
Artist                          : Tyler Ramsbey
Album                           : Rap
Title                           : Mount HackIt
Encoded By                      : Mixcraft 10.5 Recording Studio Build 621
Year                            : 2024
Genre                           : Rock
Track                           : 0/1
Comment                         :
Date/Time Original              : 2024
Duration                        : 0:03:11 (approx)

Answer: Tyler Ramsbey

2. The malicious PowerShell script sends stolen info to a C2 server. What is the URL of this C2 server?

 https://github.com/Atom1cByte/CryptoWallet-Search/issues/1

Anwer:  http://papash3ll.thm/data

3. Who is M.M? Maybe his Github profile page would provide clues?

https://github.com/MM-WarevilleTHM/M.M 

Answer: Mayor Malware 

4. What is the number of commits on the GitHub repo where the issue was raised?

Answer: 1 


5. If you enjoyed this task, feel free to check out the OPSEC room!

6. What's with all these GitHub repos? Could they hide something else?

 

 Thank YOU 

 

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