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Vivian Njau
2 min readJan 9, 2024

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  • This is a digital forensics lab.
  • The mode is easy.

Scenario — The attached images were posted by a criminal on the run, with the caption “I’m roaming free. You will never catch me”. We believe you can assist us in proving him wrong.

Tools used;

  • Exiftool
  • Reverse Image Search

Download the file,use the password to access the file.

Q. What is the camera model?

  • install exiftool, i used a kali vm to run this.These are the steps i followed to install exiftool;
  1. Download the image-exiftool distribution.
  2. unpack the distribution gzip -dc Image-ExifTool-12.72.tar.gz | tar -xf -
  3. make it your current directory by running this command cd Image-ExifTool-12.72
  4. Test exiftool by running these commands perl Makefile.PL , make test.
  5. install the tool by running sudo make install
  6. To see the image details use this command exiftool uploaded_1.JPG

A. Canon EOS 550D

Q. When was the picture taken?

A. 2021:11:02 13:20:23

Q. What does the comment on the first image says?

A. relying on altered metadata to catch me?

Q. Where could the criminal be?

A. Kathamandu

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Vivian Njau
Vivian Njau

Written by Vivian Njau

Vivian, a passionate Cyber Security Analyst, actively seeks challenges to develop skills and make a meaningful impact in the ever-evolving security landscape.

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