devil's-secret-stash

Challenge

In the depths of the Pine Barrens, a cryptic legend whispers of the Jersey Devil guarding a picture. Tales speak of forgotten knowledge sealed within, but only those sharp enough to see the truth can unlock its secrets. The key? The key hiding in plain sight, woven into the eerie folklore itself, waiting for the chosen few to discover and reveal the dark treasures within.

With this image attached:

Solution

Using binwalk we can see there are some things hidden inside the picture.

Then I extracted the hidden files with binwalk.

As you can see there are 4 new files in there:

The encrypted zip contains a file named "flag" so we should be on the right track. I used ZipRipper to crack the password.

Then we enter this password and open the archive. And there's the flag!