Komik

Bahtera 3108 2025 miscellaneous writeup for Komik, using Unicode steganography to recover the hidden flag from a short text passage.

By 0xG10D | Last updated: August 30, 2025 | 1 minute read
Medium #ctf#bahtera-3108#miscellaneous#steganography#unicode

Challenge Overview

  • Challenge: Komik
  • Category: Miscellaneous
  • Points: 100

Dalam ni ada Flag, tinggal copy paste dan ____ je.

The challenge pointed to dCode and provided a file named Komik.txt containing this passage:

Korang‌‌‌‌‌‌ tau tak ‌‌‌‌‌‌‍pasal ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌buku yang‌‌‌‌‌‬‌ bertajuk Fried‌‌‌‌‍‬ ‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍Rice ‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‌dari Erica Eng? ‌‌‌‌‍‬‬‌‌‌‌‍‬‍‍buku ni‌‌‌‌‍‌‬ dapat anugerah Eisner‌‌‌‌‍‍. Nak tahu gempak tak gempak‌‌‌‌‍‌‬ ‌‌‌‌‌‌‍boleh katakan ‌‌‌‌‍‬‌anugerah ‌‌‌‌‌‌eisner ni‌‌‌‌‍‍ macam‌‌‌‌‍‬‌‬ anugerah oscar‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ tapi‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‬‬ dalam industri komik‌‌‌‌‍‍. Kalau korang minat boleh lah beli, tah mahal pun dalam bawah RM40 camtu.

Solution

The text contains invisible Unicode characters. Paste the full passage into the Unicode Steganography decoder to reveal the concealed message.

Unicode steganography decoder output

Flag

3108{e1sner_r1c3_b00k}

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