RAIT-CTF Finals Forensics 1 - Move It

Published 2026-07-06 22:45 142 words 1 min read

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RAIT-CTF Finals Forensics 1 - Move It

Flag: RAIT-CTF{m0u53_m0v3m3n75_c4n_b3_tr1cky}

Approach (Step by Step)

1. File Inspection

We download the capture.pcap file for the challenge and open it in Wireshark.

2. Traffic Analysis

We find that the logs in Wireshark show USB device logs, specifically mouse movements. We can use tshark to extract this raw capture data into a CSV format.

tshark -r capture.pcap -Y "usb.transfer_type == 0x01 && usb.endpoint_address.direction == 1" -T fields -e usb.capdata > mouse_data.csv

3. Mouse Trajectory Visualization

Open the USB Mouse PCAP Visualizer. Upload the mouse_data.csv and it will start the plotting process mapping the USB mouse movements on an X/Y axis.

4. Retrieving the Flag

After plotting completes, the drawn lines form a QR code. When we scan and decode the QR code, we get the final flag:

RAIT-CTF{m0u53_m0v3m3n75_c4n_b3_tr1cky}