A Quick Update On Our LabyREnth CTF Challenge
Summary: Unit 42 hid an introductory challenge in its LabyREnth announcement: decoding the binary in the Palo Alto Networks logo on labyrenth.com yields an ASCII message whose capitalized words - XOR, PAN, Rules, Prizes, Overviews, Ordering and Digits - point to XORing the countdown clock's digits with the key PAN to reach the Overview, Rules and Prizes pages. The CTF runs from Friday July 15, 2016 at 4pm PST until August 14, 2016 at 11:59pm PST, with $16,000 in cash prizes plus participation prizes for anyone who finishes a track or all of the challenges.
Why it matters: The entry gate to a Palo Alto Networks recruiting and research-branding event was a puzzle in a logo image, which is the same skill set - spotting data hidden in plain sight - that defenders need when attackers encode payloads inside ordinary-looking files.
Read the original at Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks ↗
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