Task.ghoul.rar

This file has been base64 encoded 50 times, it read. Write a script to retrieve the flag.

The cursor blinked, a rhythmic heartbeat in the dark of the room. On the terminal, the filename stared back: task.ghoul.rar .

It was a classic TryHackMe scripting challenge . Elias fired up a Python script, looping the decoding function until the digital noise cleared. At the 50th iteration, the terminal flashed a single line: FLAG{Welcome_to_the_Anteiku_Management_System} task.ghoul.rar

The archive shuddered open. Three files spilled into the directory: note.txt ghoul.jpg script.py He opened note.txt first.

But it was the image, ghoul.jpg , that held the true horror. When Elias used a steganography tool to peek behind the pixels, he didn't find a password. He found a GPS coordinate and a timestamp for Tuesday, April 28, 2026 . This file has been base64 encoded 50 times, it read

The location was a botanic garden on the edge of the city. Underneath the coordinates, a final message appeared, written in the cold syntax of a project management board : Status: In Progress Assignee: @USER_LOCATION

The screen didn't spit out files. It asked for a passphrase. Elias tried the usual suspects: keneki , touka , anteiku . Nothing. He looked closer at the metadata he'd scraped from the GitHub project where the source code for the server's authentication module lived. Tucked inside a comment in a RADIUS client library was a string of base64: SGVscCBtZSBvdXQ= . "Help me out," Elias whispered, typing the decoded text. On the terminal, the filename stared back: task

Should the "ghoul" be a or a supernatural entity ?