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HackTheBox Sherlocks - Jingle Bell

Created: 20/05/2024 18:43 Last Updated: 20/05/2024 19:49


8dbe148f1eb78096fbf99212838ebf4c.png Scenario: Torrin is suspected to be an insider threat in Forela. He is believed to have leaked some data and removed certain applications from their workstation. They managed to bypass some controls and installed unauthorised software. Despite the forensic team's efforts, no evidence of data leakage was found. As a senior incident responder, you have been tasked with investigating the incident to determine the conversation between the two parties involved.


Task 1: Which software/application did Torrin use to leak Forela's secrets?

54f9a06e8d6af311193d02f58f865715.png We only have 1 artifact avaliable here which is Windows Notifications database 6ca2ddd874e8bb8e195d49821c298d6d.png So after opened it with DB Browser for SQLite, go to Notification table and then you will see a lot of slack notification stored here.

slack

Task 2: What's the name of the rival company to which Torrin leaked the data?

86c38b826cf9a82753c4fb3faf38d679.png When inspect value inside we can see unfamiliar name which should be the rival company at this point de2257ecca2423cc46c6e4c3d126cdba.png And the one we invited Torrin is Cyberjunkie, the creator of this sherlock

PrimeTech Innovations

Task 3: What is the username of the person from the competitor organization whom Torrin shared information with?

Cyberjunkie-PrimeTechDev:

Task 4: What's the channel name in which they conversed with each other?

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forela-secrets-leak

Task 5: What was the password for the archive server?

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Tobdaf8Qip$re@1

Task 6: What was the URL provided to Torrin to upload stolen data to?

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vW97VBmxDZUIEuEUG64g5DLZvFP-Pdll?usp=sharing

Task 7: When was the above link shared with Torrin?

082e0bb8e91cf2a42ed9546f72febefe.png I was too swayed with arrival time in this table but the real one was this which is unix timestamp d85fe82836b032a553344c1a340d92a2.png asked ChatGPT to write me a script then here we go

from datetime import datetime

# The given timestamp
epoch_time = 1681986889.660179

# Convert the epoch time to a UTC datetime
utc_time = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(epoch_time)

# Print the result
print("UTC Time:", utc_time)
2023-04-20 10:34:49

Task 8: For how much money did Torrin leak Forela's secrets?

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£10000

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