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By toggling through the bit planes (specifically Red Plane 0 , Green Plane 0 , or Blue Plane 0 ), a distorted or faint QR code becomes visible in the top-left corner. 3. Fixing the Image Dimensions (The "Deja Vu" Trick)

Use a hex editor (like HxD or 010 Editor) to view the PNG's IHDR chunk . 17199 d3j4.rar

Extract the contents of the RAR archive and find the hidden flag. 1. Extraction and Initial Analysis By toggling through the bit planes (specifically Red

Saving and reopening the image reveals a hidden string or a URL at the very bottom of the extended canvas. 4. Decoding the Final Payload Depending on the specific version of this challenge: Extract the contents of the RAR archive and

Scan the QR code revealed in the bit planes. It often leads to a link or a Base64 string. Path B: Use zsteg to find hidden strings in the LSB. zsteg -a d3j4.png Use code with caution.

The string found at the bottom of the image (after fixing the height) is often encoded in Base64 or ROT13 . 5. Flag Extraction Decoding the discovered string reveals the flag format:

The challenge relies on steganography or a hidden IDAT chunk tweak.