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Incident Response | ZipExec

A new foe has appeared ! Earlier this week, a super cool project was uploaded to GitHub by an Optiv researcher called ZipExec. (And of course, we need to include the awesome ASCII art!) __________.__ ___________ \____ /|__|_____\_ _____/__ ___ ____ ____ / / | \____ \| __)_\ \/ // __ \_/ ___\ / /_ | | |_> > \> <\ ___/\ \___ /_______ \|__| __/_______ /__/\_ \\___ >\___ > \/ |__| \/ \/ \/ \/ From the Repo:

HackTheBox | xorxorxor

Challenge Description: Who needs AES when you have XOR? What is XOR? (A short lesson in Logic) Before we dive into this challenge, let’s take a journey through the world of logical operators and what they mean (specifically, XOR). However, before we can really understand what makes XOR special let’s break it down to its fundamental component - the OR statement. Logic is built on this concept of propositions and their truth values.