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**<span style="color: #90EE90; font-size: 1.5rem;">CYS</span>**
**<span style="color: #ADD8E6; font-size: 1rem;">Authors - R. Subramanian and Rohan</span>**

**<span style="color: #ADD8E6; font-size: 1rem;">Recruitment Challenge</span>**

**<span style="color: #ADD8E6; font-size: 1rem;">Recruitment Challenge</span>**

**"Hello. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals. To find them, we have devised a test.
There is a message hidden in the image provided below.
Find it, and it will lead you on the road to finding us. We look forward to meeting the few that will make it all the way through.
There are three images provided below, each containing a hidden message. Your task is to decode the hidden message within each image and follow the clues it reveals. We look forward to meeting the few that will make it all the way through.
Good luck.
3301"**

_<span style="color: #ADD8E6">Objective:</span>_

*Your task is to decode the hidden message within the image and follow the clues it reveals. Only those with keen eyes and sharp minds will succeed.*
*Your task is to decode the hidden messages within the images provided. Use the resource [StegOnline Checklist](https://georgeom.net/StegOnline/checklist) to analyze the images and uncover the flags. Document your findings and upload the final output images.*

_<span style="color: #ADD8E6">Submission Guidelines:</span>_

- In the submission form, upload the final Output image.
- In the submission form, you have to type flag(finding) for each task (make sure ur flag is in this format *******{______} ).

_<span style="color: #ADD8E6">Task Descriptions:</span>_

- **Task 1**: "This garden contains more than it seems" - [Download](https://jupiter.challenges.picoctf.org/static/43c4743b3946f427e883f6b286f47467/garden.jpg)

- **Task 2**: "Files can always be changed in a secret way. Can you find the flag? (Hint: people use base64 to hide some info)" - [Download](https://mercury.picoctf.net/static/c28a959c5605d5f67480d5dd3a77f302/cat.jpg)

- **Task 3**: "There will always be more than what it seems to contain."- [Download](https://artifacts.picoctf.net/c/261/flag.png)

<span style="color: #ADD8E6">Hints:</span>
_<span style="color: #ADD8E6">Hints:</span>_

- Look for patterns, anomalies, or hidden elements in the image.
- Look for patterns, anomalies, or hidden elements in the images.
- Think beyond the obvious; not everything is as it seems.

_<span style="color: #ADD8E6">References:</span>_

- [<span style="color: #55AAFF;">Cicada 3301 Wiki</span>](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301)
- [<span style="color: #55AAFF;">Reddit - r/Cicada3301</span>](https://www.reddit.com/r/cicada3301/)
- [<span style="color: #55AAFF;">Cybersecurity Capture the Flag (CTF) Guide</span>](https://ctf101.org/)
- [<span style="color: #55AAFF;">StegOnline Checklist</span>](https://georgeom.net/StegOnline/checklist)


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