Reverse engineering and modifying an Android game (.apk) — CTF

CurlS
CurlS
Jan 9 · 8 min read

Recently I solved a CTF style challenge where the user was given an .apk file with the goal to find the flag. It turned out that it was a very basic retro game where one had to collect all available keys in order to get the flag. Some of the keys were outside the game area, thus the only way to solve the challenge was to take a deeper look into the .apk file and understand the game logic.

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CurlS

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Working in Infosec. Interested in many things, from technical perspective -> security, ctfs, coding, reverse engineering,… and in general -> love life. She.

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