“The Spy Hunter 3” Packet Challenge

+++++ Investigators’ briefing – Operation CHASTISE ++++

Operation NEPTUNE, whilst yielding significant intelligence product, also represented a gross failing of Yellow Sun’s personnel security procedures. An agent of the Adversary (now known to be the Sinister Icy Black Hand Of Death, aka SIBHOD) was unwittingly employed as part of NEPTUNE’s plan to conduct offensive operations. Once the agent (known as Keith Starr, real name now known to be Kerry Nitpick) discovered the nature of his target he swiftly left Yellow Sun’s HQ either fearing exposing SIBHOD, or fearing SIBHOD’s harsh HR stance on errant staff…

The remainder of mission brief and the pcap can be downloaded from Google docs at the following URL:

http://bit.ly/xT7ZE3

The filenames are:

OperationCHASTISE.pdf

OperationCHASTISE.pcap

Send your answers to chris (dot) christianson (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Disclaimer: All characters and organisations in this challenge are fictitious. Any resemblance to real or virtual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

This challenge requires you to interact with a live website. There is no need to probe or otherwise attack the website. All necessary information has been provided in the challenge materials, and if the domain name doesn’t contain the string “nybblecomms”, you’re in the wrong place. Any hostile activity directed at the site may result in the challenge being taken offline.

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