TryHackMe - OhSINT

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Are you able to use open-source intelligence to solve this challenge?

OhSINT is a free challenge on TryHackMe. You can try it without subscribing. This challenge has a purpose in using resources on the internet to find the target or collect the information.

What information can you possible get starting with just one photo?

First, we could download an image from the 1st task.

windowsxp-wallpapers

#1 What is this users avatar of?

Hints

exiftool is your friend. Who is the author of the image? Do they have any social media accounts?

from the hints, we need to use ExifTool to find the information from image WindowsXP.jpg

╭─twseptian@twsterlab ~/lab/THM/rooms/OhSINT 
╰─$ exiftool WindowsXP.jpg 
ExifTool Version Number         : 11.99
File Name                       : WindowsXP.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 229 kB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2020:06:13 17:08:28+07:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2020:06:13 17:08:50+07:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2020:06:13 17:08:46+07:00
File Permissions                : rw-r--r--
File Type                       : JPEG
File Type Extension             : jpg
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
XMP Toolkit                     : Image::ExifTool 11.27
GPS Latitude                    : 54 deg 17' 41.27" N
GPS Longitude                   : 2 deg 15' 1.33" W
Copyright                       : OWoodflint
Image Width                     : 1920
Image Height                    : 1080
Encoding Process                : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling            : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size                      : 1920x1080
Megapixels                      : 2.1
GPS Latitude Ref                : North
GPS Longitude Ref               : West
GPS Position                    : 54 deg 17' 41.27" N, 2 deg 15' 1.33" W

we got the owner’s name from image OWoodflint and let’s use google search to find the owner’s name

google-search

The owner has three social media account:

  1. Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/owoodflint

twitter-account

  1. GitHub - https://github.com/OWoodfl1nt/people_finder

github-account

  1. Wordpress - https://oliverwoodflint.wordpress.com/author/owoodflint/

wordpress-account

come back to the question, the user’s avatar is cat

ANS: cat

#2 What city is this person in?

he was mention on the owner’s GitHub about where he came from Hi all, I am from London, I like taking photos and open source projects.

Hint

BSSID + Wigle.net

ANS: London

#3 Whats the SSID of the WAP he connected to?

on twitter, the owner was posted about bssid account is B4:5D:50:AA:86:41, and he was coming from London

twitter-post

let’s see a hint on question number two BSSID + Wigle.net

wiggle-post

ANS: UnileverWifi

#4 What is his personal email address?

go to his Github repository, and we got information about his email

Hi all, I am from London, I like taking photos and open source projects.

Follow me on twitter: @OWoodflint

This project is a new social network for taking photos in your home town.

Project starting soon! Email me if you want to help out: OWoodflint@gmail.com

ANS: OWoodflint@gmail.com

#5 What site did you find his email address on?

ANS: github

#6 Where has he gone on holiday?

let’s see on his WordPress

wp-post

ANS:New York

#7 What is this persons password?

use view page source on his wordpress blog wp-post

ANS: pennYDr0pper.!

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