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+---
+title: "Dear Diary, My Flare-On 11"
+date: 2024-11-08
+draft: false
+summary: "My 2024 flare-on 11 journey"
+tags: ["reverse-engineering", "blog", "flare-on"]
+---
+
+{{< lead >}}
+Every year, the flare-on offers reverse engineering enthusiasts a unique set of puzzles that push our skills and creativity to new limits. 
+{{< /lead >}}
+
+This year it was no different. I’ll be writing down a short blog about my experience tackling this years challenges.
+
+## Timeline
+{{< timeline >}}
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+{{< timelineItem icon="star" subheader="September 27th 2024 at 6:30 AM" >}}
+Starting of Flare-on
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< timelineItem  subheader="September 27th, 5:09:55 PM" >}}
+Solved Challenge 1 - frog
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< timelineItem  subheader="October 1st, 4:46:42 AM" >}}
+Solved Challenge 2 - checksum
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< timelineItem subheader="November 1st, 9:23:14 AM" >}}
+Solved Challenge 3 - aray
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< timelineItem subheader="November 6th, 6:07:38 AM" >}}
+Solved Challenge 4 - Meme Maker 3000
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< timelineItem icon="heart-empty" subheader="November 8th 2024 at 8pm" >}}
+Ending of Flare-on
+{{< /timelineItem >}}
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+{{< /timeline >}}
+
+## Challenge 1 - frog
+
+<img src="img/frog.png">
+
+We were given a game written in python using the pygames library. 
+
+<img src="img/frog-game.png">
+
+The logic of the game and the encryption was simple to understand and didn't take me much to get the flag.
+
+## Challenge 2 - checksum
+
+<img src="img/checksum.png">
+
+For me this was the most chellenging one out of all the challenges I solved.
+We had to reverse an executable written in [Go](https://go.dev/).
+
+The first step was to reverse engineer the hash used to solve the checksum, and the second step involved 
+finding the path where the flag image was generated.
+
+## Challenge 3 - aray
+
+<img src="img/aray.png">
+
+We had to deal with [yara](https://virustotal.github.io/yara/) rule constraints into solving the challenge through patience and scripting. At the end of solving, my script turned out to be of 407 lines.
+
+## Challenge 4 - Meme Maker 3000
+
+<img src="img/meme.png">
+
+Last of the challenge that I managed to solve was Meme Maker 300 which was a Javascript Obfuscattion challenge.
+
+I quickly deobfuscated and clened up the code as I began to understand the logic. After playing with the browser counsole
+couple to times, I managed to understand the logic for the required conditions and got the flag.
+
+## Goodbye
+
+That wraps up my journey, having solved 4 out of 10 challenges. 
+
+I might have solved more if I had been consistent but I’m happy with my performance this year improving over my last years results. Along the way, I got the chance to learn and explore new techniques growing as a reverse engineer.
+
+So, this is a seeya and not a goodbye. Will come back stronger and better next year.
+
+:)
+
+<img src="img/glgs.webp">

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