is an encrypted archive file that serves as a cornerstone of the North Wind challenge within the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2023 (KringleCon). It is a forensics-focused puzzle that requires participants to extract and analyze artifacts from a compromised workstation. Overview of the Challenge
Uncovering the hidden within the configuration metadata. Forensic Tools Used 7-Zip/WinRAR : For archive extraction. Strings : To find human-readable text within binary files. OboeGladly.7z
Determining the that was exfiltrated from the server. is an encrypted archive file that serves as
To properly "write up" or solve this artifact, the following workflow is typically used: OboeGladly.7z
: Once the password (often discovered to be NorthWind! ) is obtained, the archive can be extracted using tools like 7-Zip or p7zip .