Although it seems like The Plague’s messaging service is secure, there are bound to be bugs in any 20th century crypto system. We’ve recovered a version of the block cipher The Plague implemented. Use their online encryptor tool, at 54.82.75.29:8193, to break the cipher and figure out Plague’s secret plans. NOTE: When the service sends …
April 2014 archive
Apr 19
PlaidCTF 2014 parlor writeup
The Plague is running a betting service to build up funds for his massive empire. Can you figure out a way to beat the house? The service is running at 54.197.195.247:4321.
Apr 18
PlaidCTF 2014 __nightmares__ writeup
The Plague is building an army of evil hackers, and they are starting off by teaching them python with this simple service. Maybe if you could get full access to this system, at 54.196.37.47:9990, you would be able to find out more about The Plague’s evil plans. Code: (can be run locally with $ socat …
Apr 17
PlaidCTF 2014 RSA writeup
Our archaeologists recovered a dusty and corrupted old hard drive used by The Plague in his trips into the past. It contains a private key, but this has long since been lost to bitrot. Can you recover the full key from the little information we have recovered?