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Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by dedward » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 8:07 PM UTC

res0nat0r wrote: post #3

It is the same length as an md5sum which isn't solved. Googling 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A bring up this strange site: http://www.niconnect.com/ Which just has a QR code on the front of the site and nothing else. Decoding the QR with http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx shows the text: NICONNECT.COM Poder Cibernetico 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A Brazil "Poder Cibernetico" in Portuguese sounds like "Cyber Power" o…

Did someone just chuck up that page to get some SEO juice out of all this buzz?

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by CitizenKane » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 8:09 PM UTC

I imagine someone with some good GPU power could try and brute force the hash. With something like http://hashcat.net/oclhashcat/

It would be interesting to see if anything comes out of it.

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by WestCoastJustin » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 8:28 PM UTC

dedward wrote: post #11

res0nat0r wrote: post #3

It is the same length as an md5sum which isn't solved. Googling 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A bring up this strange site: http://www.niconnect.com/ Which just has a QR code on the front of the site and nothing else. Decoding the QR with http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx shows the text: NICONNECT.COM Poder Cibernetico 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A Brazil "Poder Cibernetico" in Portuguese sounds like "Cyber Power" o…

Did someone just chuck up that page to get some SEO juice out of all this buzz?

Yes, I think so.

If you look at the page source you see the 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A string with text color 006600 and the background color is 006600.

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by jasongullickson » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 8:35 PM UTC

It decodes to the email address of the recruiting officer...

...maybe :)

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by jeffreyg » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:07 PM UTC

openfly wrote: post #2

It's a hash. Not in any of my rainbow tables though =/

just curious, how do you know it's a hash?

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by tptacek » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

I didn't read this very carefully, but why does 128 bits automatically make it a hash? That's also the block size for AES, and the length of the string "US Cyber Command".

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by res0nat0r » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:47 PM UTC

res0nat0r wrote: post #3

It is the same length as an md5sum which isn't solved. Googling 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A bring up this strange site: http://www.niconnect.com/ Which just has a QR code on the front of the site and nothing else. Decoding the QR with http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx shows the text: NICONNECT.COM Poder Cibernetico 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A Brazil "Poder Cibernetico" in Portuguese sounds like "Cyber Power" o…

The md5 decrypted via md5decrypter.com resolves to:

"SCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries."

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by HackerMe234 » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 9:53 PM UTC

It might mean something like a computer kill code or something

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by mixmax » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 10:06 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #16

I didn't read this very carefully, but why does 128 bits automatically make it a hash? That's also the block size for AES, and the length of the string "US Cyber Command".

That's what I thought.

If they expect it to be cracked (which they might, why put it there if you don't expect anyone to crack it) it could be something much simpler. I'd maybe start looking at some sort of substitution scheme or something similar.

Re: Crack the Code in Cyber Command's Logo

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Post by aquadoctorbob » Wed, Jul 07, 2010, 10:08 PM UTC

res0nat0r wrote: post #17

res0nat0r wrote: post #3

It is the same length as an md5sum which isn't solved. Googling 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A bring up this strange site: http://www.niconnect.com/ Which just has a QR code on the front of the site and nothing else. Decoding the QR with http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx shows the text: NICONNECT.COM Poder Cibernetico 9EC4C12949A4F31474F299058CE2B22A Brazil "Poder Cibernetico" in Portuguese sounds like "Cyber Power" o…

The md5 decrypted via md5decrypter.com resolves to: "SCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the…

You're missing a U at the beginning of the string.