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SCENARIO

Analysts investigating a ransomware incident found a .pptx
file left behind on the compromised machine. The slideshow opens fine, the content looks mundane, and nothing immediately stands out.

But ransomware operators do not leave files behind by accident.

Tear the file apart and find what is hidden inside it.

Flag format: flag{}

Infrastructure

- Downloadable pptx

Provided Files

- project.pptx (3.1 MB)

","labDetails","Prerequisites & Requirements Basic understanding of how modern Office file formats are structured internally Familiarity with command-line tools for file extraction and searching Basic understanding of XML What will you learn? How .pptx and other Office Open XML formats work beneath the surface How to methodically inspect and search through the internal components of an Office document How common file formats can be abused to conceal data that is invisible to a casual viewer Tools File archiving tools (unzip, 7-Zip) for unpacking the internal structure of the document Command-line utilities (grep, find) for searching across extracted content at scale Text editor or XML viewer for manually reading through individual components Python or Bash (optional) for scripting and automating repetitive search tasks","labDetailsHtml","

Prerequisites & Requirements

Basic understanding of how modern Office file formats are structured internally
Familiarity with command-line tools for file extraction and searching
Basic understanding of XML

What will you learn?

How .pptx and other Office Open XML formats work beneath the surface
How to methodically inspect and search through the internal components of an Office document
How common file formats can be abused to conceal data that is invisible to a casual viewer

Tools

File archiving tools (unzip, 7-Zip) for unpacking the internal structure of the document
Command-line utilities (grep, find) for searching across extracted content at scale
Text editor or XML viewer for manually reading through individual components
Python or Bash (optional) for scripting and automating repetitive search tasks

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Broken Bonds

Overview

SCENARIO

Infrastructure

Provided Files

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