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− | + | This page is an archive of helpful tools and resources one might use in the course of solving puzzles typically found in ARGs, including encipher/deciphering, audio encoding, and steganography. | |
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− | https:// | + | ==ARG Training== |
+ | |||
+ | ===Academy=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://gamedetectives.net/academy/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | A series of challenges meant to teach to basic elements, techniques, and dynamics of ARGs, made in-house by the Game Detectives. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===ae27ff, DNS might not work on mobile.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://ae27ff.challenge.pt/ | ||
+ | ae27ff is a series of puzzles that use the typical techniques of most ARGs. They get more difficult the higher you go. Made by Discord user crashdemons. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===ARGvent=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://gamedetectives.net/argvent/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | An annual Game Detectives tradition consisting of a series of puzzles unlocking each day over advent, with varying difficulty. Created by the GameDetectives [[Meta:Staff|admins]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Enigma Group=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.enigmagroup.org | ||
+ | |||
+ | A puzzle site that has many categories of learning. They begin as really easy, but then ascend to a more difficult encounter. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Levels=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://levels.your-host.xyz/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | A series of puzzles designed to introduce people to ARG solving. They range from easy to very hard. Levels can be gained through active participation on the official forum. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Last transmision=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://last.boxfish.ink | ||
+ | |||
+ | A short, interactive, slightly creepy story made by Discord user mai(#9088). Will put your basic puzzle solving skills to the test. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Watching You=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://stvjsmrs.wordpress.com/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Originally forming part of an [[Watching You:Timeline|ARG]], the site now houses two series of puzzles - the originals, and a cancelled Advent version. Made by Discord users in Team Look In The Bushes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Text-based Tools== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Anagrams=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://anagramscramble.com/ Word de-scrambler | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://textmechanic.com/text-tools/obfuscation-tools/word-scramblerunscrambler/ Word scrambler | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Missing letters solver=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.unscramblerer.com/crossword-solver/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Ascii85=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.tools4noobs.com/online_tools/ascii85_decode/ | ||
− | + | Decodes ascii85 messages. (there's a version for encoding as well) | |
− | + | ===asciitohex=== | |
http://www.asciitohex.com/ | http://www.asciitohex.com/ | ||
Line 16: | Line 73: | ||
Converts ASCII to hex and vice versa, as well as to other number-based encryption methods. | Converts ASCII to hex and vice versa, as well as to other number-based encryption methods. | ||
− | + | ===Ave Maria Cipher=== | |
+ | |||
+ | http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Trithemius-Polygraphiae-71.jpg | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ave Maria cipher. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Browserling=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.browserling.com/tools/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lots of encodings and encryptions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Chaffing & Winnowing=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaffing_and_winnowing | ||
+ | http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Chaffing.txt | ||
+ | |||
+ | Everything you need to know about Chaffing and winnowing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Cryptii=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://cryptii.com/text/text | ||
+ | |||
+ | Site with a lot of ciphers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===CryptoCrack=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://sites.google.com/site/cryptocrackprogram/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Has a lot of classical ciphers and more. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Cryptomathic=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://extranet.cryptomathic.com | ||
+ | |||
+ | EMV tag search. TLV (Tag, Length, Value) byte strings into their constituent tags and sub-tags. Useful for analysing APDU traces, responses and so on. CAP calculator. Features many more features. | ||
− | http:// | + | ===Cryptool-Online=== |
+ | |||
+ | http://www.cryptool-online.org | ||
+ | |||
+ | Features enciphering (enigma, navajo, vigenere), encoding (ASCII, Code39, Huffman), text analysis, etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Crypto-Tools=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/Hegz/crypto-tools | ||
+ | |||
+ | Set of crypto-tools. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===CyberChef=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | MULTIPLE methods of enciphering/encoding, uses more complicated methods and can have more processes going on at once. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Darkfader=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.darkfader.net/toolbox/convert/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Online conversion utilities. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Dcode=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.dcode.fr/tools-list | ||
+ | |||
+ | Contains a list of mathematical problem calculations, encodings, encryptions, and many more. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===HTTP Referer Extension=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''LEGACY FIREFOX''': https://addons.mozilla.org/En-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''QUANTUM''': https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/referer-modifier/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''CHROME''': https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin?hl=es-419 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Extensions for Legacy Firefox, Quantum and Chrome to help modifying HTTP referers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Iterative Anagram Solver=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://boulter.com/anagram/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Decodes multi-word anagrams word by word. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Kryptographiespielplatz=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.kryptographiespielplatz.de/index.php? | ||
+ | |||
+ | List of a lot of ciphers. (It's in German, but common sense is enough. | ||
+ | Test them out on the part where it says [ausprobieren] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Link Identifier=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://a4x.me/tools/link/ | ||
− | + | A tool that will guess what site a link identifier could belong to given the length. Made by Discord user A4. | |
− | + | ===Linux Command Line Encode / Decode=== | |
− | + | http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897439.aspx | |
− | + | Use linux command line strings to encode and decode. | |
− | + | ===md5hashing=== | |
https://md5hashing.net/hash_type_checker | https://md5hashing.net/hash_type_checker | ||
Allows you to decode many variations of MD5 and Sha ciphers. | Allows you to decode many variations of MD5 and Sha ciphers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Omniglot Conscripts=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/english.htm | ||
+ | |||
+ | Has a list of alternate fonts that can be used for writing english. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===OPENPGP=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://openpgp.org/software/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | PGP and GPG downloads. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===PharmaBraille=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.pharmabraille.com/pharmaceutical-braille/the-braille-alphabet/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Contains a detailed list of the Braille alphabet, including numbers and punctuation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Polygraphic Substitution Systems=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.umich.edu/~umich/fm-34-40-2/ch7.pdf | ||
+ | |||
+ | Breaking polygraphic substitution systems. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===RICHKNI=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.richkni.co.uk/php/crypta/freq.php | ||
+ | |||
+ | Word frequency analysis, can be really useful for substitution ciphers with no key. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Rumkin=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Contains big list of ciphers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===SNOW Whitespace=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.darkside.com.au/snow/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whitespace steganography. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===SpamMimic=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://spammimic.com/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hides a message in what appears to be a harmless block of spam. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===The Black Chamber=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/chamberguide.html | ||
+ | |||
+ | Has a set of text enciphering and encoding methods. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===WeChall Encryption tools.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.wechall.net/tools/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Features JPocketKnife, a conversion tool, JDicTac, a bruteforce for homemade ciphers and hashes, etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Wikibruce=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://ref.wikibruce.com/hub | ||
+ | |||
+ | For text encryption, it features ROT-n, Hexadecimal, Binary, ASCII, Morse, Pattern Recognition, and separating byte data to 8 bit planes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Xlate=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://cyber.meme.tips/xlate | ||
+ | |||
+ | Multiple methods of encoding, including a personalized radix, or base, decoding. (Supports Base 2 - 36) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===XOR / Byte Shift=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://otp22.com/xlate/shifts.html | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is used to show all 255 XOR and Byte Shift instances. | ||
==Audio Analysis== | ==Audio Analysis== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Audacity=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.audacityteam.org/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Useful program used for audio inspecting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Direwolf=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf | ||
+ | |||
+ | Software "soundcard" AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate). | ||
+ | *NOTE: Not user-friendly! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===DTMF=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.teworks.com/dtmf.htm | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dual Tone Multi Frequency tones decoding. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===fldigi=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/ (fldigi) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can encrypt/decrypt a lot of audio encryption. | ||
+ | Manual can be found [http://cyber.meme.tips/fldigi-guide here.] | ||
+ | *NOTE: Not user-friendly! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Ham Radio Directory Downloads=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://radio.linux.org.au/?sectpat=digital | ||
+ | |||
+ | Includes 35 ham radio tools. | ||
+ | *NOTE: It may not work on certain OS, and not all of them are user-friendly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Kansas City Standard Cassette Audio Data=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.dabeaz.com/py-kcs/index.html | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can be used to encode/decode Kansas City Standard Cassette Audio Data. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===MM-SSTV=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php | ||
+ | |||
+ | Slow Scan Television Program. Alternative to RXSSTV. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===OTP22 Signal Decoders=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/otp22/decoders | ||
+ | |||
+ | Directory for multiple methods of encryption used in otp22, ABISM tone decodings (Modified ASCII tones), NATO 5gram decoder, and another XOR program. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===RX-SSTV=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/rxsstv.htm | ||
+ | |||
+ | A program that deciphers SSTV encryption on audio tracks. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===SonicVisualiser=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://sonicvisualiser.org/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Creates spectographs of audio. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Sorcerer=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.kd0cq.com/2013/07/sorcerer-decoder-download/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Has more radio recieving modes than fldigi, like Harris RF-3560 PSTN TIU,IRA-ARQ (ASCII-ARQ), etc. (only for decoding) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Wavepad FFT=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/fft.html | ||
+ | |||
+ | Audio spectogram analysis. | ||
+ | |||
==Image Analysis== | ==Image Analysis== | ||
− | + | ===Binvis=== | |
http://binvis.io/#/ | http://binvis.io/#/ | ||
− | + | Gives a visual representation of binary files. | |
+ | |||
+ | ===Ceefax=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://edit.tf/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Can be used to upload ceefax images. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===EXIF=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi | ||
+ | |||
+ | Used to find EXIF data and ID3 tags. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Futureboy=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://futureboy.us/stegano/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Allows to compare the differences of two images, and unlock steganography with passwords. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===GIMP=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Free program. Alternative to photoshop. Can export and import raw files. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===JHead=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://mirror.otp22.com/jhead | ||
+ | |||
+ | Allows for the viewing of jpeg headers, abnormalities, and outgress output. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Magic Eyes=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ To solve magic eyes | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com/3d-stereogram-maker.aspx To make them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Nonograms=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://nonomaker.com/ Used to make nonograms aaaaand | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://a.teall.info/nonogram/ to solve them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Outguess=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://filehippo.com/mac/download_outguess/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Outguess steganography. | ||
+ | *NOTE: Only works on mac. Try using a virtual machine for opening it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Photo Forensics=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier | ||
+ | |||
+ | Magnifier, clone detection, error level analysis, and more tools. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Pixlr=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://pixlr.com/editor/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Online GIMP-style editor. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Punchcards=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php | ||
+ | |||
+ | Punchcards simulator. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===QR Codes=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.qrcode-generator.de/ and https://dnschecker.org/qr-code-generator.php For making QR codes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://webqr.com/ and https://dnschecker.org/qr-code-scanner.php For reading QR codes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Rawpixels=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://rawpixels.net/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Visualizes .raw files. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Tinkercad=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.tinkercad.com/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Web-based 3D modeling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===WeChall Tools=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://www.wechall.net/tools/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Features JColorSucker to grab pixel values from images. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Wikibruce=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://ref.wikibruce.com/hub | ||
+ | |||
+ | For image steganography, wikibruse can submit delimited list of pixel bytes. Resulting file is a single plane greyscale PNG. (eg: 255,0,255,0,255,0,0,255,0 with width 3) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==General Steganography / Tools== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Hex Editors=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://hexed.it/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Online hex editor. | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Offline hex editor (has more utilities). | ||
+ | |||
+ | http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Another Offline hex editor but without needing to install it and has scripting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===HTTP referrers=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://addons.mozilla.org/En-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Firefox extension to find HTTP referrers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Notepad++=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://notepad-plus-plus.org | ||
+ | |||
+ | VERY useful program. Similar to Notepad but has many more utilities. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===OtpXor=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/otp22/decoders/tree/master/OtpXor | ||
+ | |||
+ | Made by the creator of ae27ff, allows for the xoring of two large files together. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Repl=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://repl.it/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Website used to run and debug code. | ||
− | + | ===XorJ=== | |
− | + | https://github.com/crashdemons/XorJ | |
− | + | Made by the creator of ae27ff, allows for the xoring of two relatively small files together. |
Latest revision as of 16:07, 29 June 2024
Main Page > List of Investigations > ARG Toolbox
This page is an archive of helpful tools and resources one might use in the course of solving puzzles typically found in ARGs, including encipher/deciphering, audio encoding, and steganography.
Contents
- 1 ARG Training
- 2 Text-based Tools
- 2.1 Anagrams
- 2.2 Missing letters solver
- 2.3 Ascii85
- 2.4 asciitohex
- 2.5 Ave Maria Cipher
- 2.6 Browserling
- 2.7 Chaffing & Winnowing
- 2.8 Cryptii
- 2.9 CryptoCrack
- 2.10 Cryptomathic
- 2.11 Cryptool-Online
- 2.12 Crypto-Tools
- 2.13 CyberChef
- 2.14 Darkfader
- 2.15 Dcode
- 2.16 HTTP Referer Extension
- 2.17 Iterative Anagram Solver
- 2.18 Kryptographiespielplatz
- 2.19 Link Identifier
- 2.20 Linux Command Line Encode / Decode
- 2.21 md5hashing
- 2.22 Omniglot Conscripts
- 2.23 OPENPGP
- 2.24 PharmaBraille
- 2.25 Polygraphic Substitution Systems
- 2.26 RICHKNI
- 2.27 Rumkin
- 2.28 SNOW Whitespace
- 2.29 SpamMimic
- 2.30 The Black Chamber
- 2.31 WeChall Encryption tools.
- 2.32 Wikibruce
- 2.33 Xlate
- 2.34 XOR / Byte Shift
- 3 Audio Analysis
- 4 Image Analysis
- 5 General Steganography / Tools
ARG Training
Academy
https://gamedetectives.net/academy/
A series of challenges meant to teach to basic elements, techniques, and dynamics of ARGs, made in-house by the Game Detectives.
ae27ff, DNS might not work on mobile.
http://ae27ff.challenge.pt/ ae27ff is a series of puzzles that use the typical techniques of most ARGs. They get more difficult the higher you go. Made by Discord user crashdemons.
ARGvent
http://gamedetectives.net/argvent/
An annual Game Detectives tradition consisting of a series of puzzles unlocking each day over advent, with varying difficulty. Created by the GameDetectives admins.
Enigma Group
A puzzle site that has many categories of learning. They begin as really easy, but then ascend to a more difficult encounter.
Levels
A series of puzzles designed to introduce people to ARG solving. They range from easy to very hard. Levels can be gained through active participation on the official forum.
Last transmision
A short, interactive, slightly creepy story made by Discord user mai(#9088). Will put your basic puzzle solving skills to the test.
Watching You
https://stvjsmrs.wordpress.com/
Originally forming part of an ARG, the site now houses two series of puzzles - the originals, and a cancelled Advent version. Made by Discord users in Team Look In The Bushes.
Text-based Tools
Anagrams
http://anagramscramble.com/ Word de-scrambler
http://textmechanic.com/text-tools/obfuscation-tools/word-scramblerunscrambler/ Word scrambler
Missing letters solver
https://www.unscramblerer.com/crossword-solver/
Ascii85
https://www.tools4noobs.com/online_tools/ascii85_decode/
Decodes ascii85 messages. (there's a version for encoding as well)
asciitohex
Converts ASCII to hex and vice versa, as well as to other number-based encryption methods.
Ave Maria Cipher
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Trithemius-Polygraphiae-71.jpg
Ave Maria cipher.
Browserling
https://www.browserling.com/tools/
Lots of encodings and encryptions.
Chaffing & Winnowing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaffing_and_winnowing http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Chaffing.txt
Everything you need to know about Chaffing and winnowing.
Cryptii
Site with a lot of ciphers.
CryptoCrack
https://sites.google.com/site/cryptocrackprogram/
Has a lot of classical ciphers and more.
Cryptomathic
http://extranet.cryptomathic.com
EMV tag search. TLV (Tag, Length, Value) byte strings into their constituent tags and sub-tags. Useful for analysing APDU traces, responses and so on. CAP calculator. Features many more features.
Cryptool-Online
http://www.cryptool-online.org
Features enciphering (enigma, navajo, vigenere), encoding (ASCII, Code39, Huffman), text analysis, etc.
Crypto-Tools
https://github.com/Hegz/crypto-tools
Set of crypto-tools.
CyberChef
https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
MULTIPLE methods of enciphering/encoding, uses more complicated methods and can have more processes going on at once.
Darkfader
https://www.darkfader.net/toolbox/convert/
Online conversion utilities.
Dcode
http://www.dcode.fr/tools-list
Contains a list of mathematical problem calculations, encodings, encryptions, and many more.
HTTP Referer Extension
LEGACY FIREFOX: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/
QUANTUM: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/referer-modifier/
CHROME: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/referer-control/hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin?hl=es-419
Extensions for Legacy Firefox, Quantum and Chrome to help modifying HTTP referers.
Iterative Anagram Solver
Decodes multi-word anagrams word by word.
Kryptographiespielplatz
https://www.kryptographiespielplatz.de/index.php?
List of a lot of ciphers. (It's in German, but common sense is enough. Test them out on the part where it says [ausprobieren]
Link Identifier
A tool that will guess what site a link identifier could belong to given the length. Made by Discord user A4.
Linux Command Line Encode / Decode
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897439.aspx
Use linux command line strings to encode and decode.
md5hashing
https://md5hashing.net/hash_type_checker
Allows you to decode many variations of MD5 and Sha ciphers.
Omniglot Conscripts
http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/english.htm
Has a list of alternate fonts that can be used for writing english.
OPENPGP
PGP and GPG downloads.
PharmaBraille
https://www.pharmabraille.com/pharmaceutical-braille/the-braille-alphabet/
Contains a detailed list of the Braille alphabet, including numbers and punctuation.
Polygraphic Substitution Systems
http://www.umich.edu/~umich/fm-34-40-2/ch7.pdf
Breaking polygraphic substitution systems.
RICHKNI
http://www.richkni.co.uk/php/crypta/freq.php
Word frequency analysis, can be really useful for substitution ciphers with no key.
Rumkin
http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/
Contains big list of ciphers.
SNOW Whitespace
http://www.darkside.com.au/snow/
Whitespace steganography.
SpamMimic
Hides a message in what appears to be a harmless block of spam.
The Black Chamber
http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/chamberguide.html
Has a set of text enciphering and encoding methods.
WeChall Encryption tools.
https://www.wechall.net/tools/
Features JPocketKnife, a conversion tool, JDicTac, a bruteforce for homemade ciphers and hashes, etc.
Wikibruce
For text encryption, it features ROT-n, Hexadecimal, Binary, ASCII, Morse, Pattern Recognition, and separating byte data to 8 bit planes.
Xlate
Multiple methods of encoding, including a personalized radix, or base, decoding. (Supports Base 2 - 36)
XOR / Byte Shift
http://otp22.com/xlate/shifts.html
Is used to show all 255 XOR and Byte Shift instances.
Audio Analysis
Audacity
Useful program used for audio inspecting.
Direwolf
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
Software "soundcard" AX.25 packet modem/TNC and APRS encoder/decoder. It can be used stand-alone to observe APRS traffic, as a tracker, digipeater, APRStt gateway, or Internet Gateway (IGate).
- NOTE: Not user-friendly!
DTMF
http://www.teworks.com/dtmf.htm
Dual Tone Multi Frequency tones decoding.
fldigi
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/ (fldigi)
Can encrypt/decrypt a lot of audio encryption. Manual can be found here.
- NOTE: Not user-friendly!
Ham Radio Directory Downloads
https://radio.linux.org.au/?sectpat=digital
Includes 35 ham radio tools.
- NOTE: It may not work on certain OS, and not all of them are user-friendly.
Kansas City Standard Cassette Audio Data
http://www.dabeaz.com/py-kcs/index.html
Can be used to encode/decode Kansas City Standard Cassette Audio Data.
MM-SSTV
http://hamsoft.ca/pages/mmsstv.php
Slow Scan Television Program. Alternative to RXSSTV.
OTP22 Signal Decoders
https://github.com/otp22/decoders
Directory for multiple methods of encryption used in otp22, ABISM tone decodings (Modified ASCII tones), NATO 5gram decoder, and another XOR program.
RX-SSTV
http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/rxsstv.htm
A program that deciphers SSTV encryption on audio tracks.
SonicVisualiser
Creates spectographs of audio.
Sorcerer
http://www.kd0cq.com/2013/07/sorcerer-decoder-download/
Has more radio recieving modes than fldigi, like Harris RF-3560 PSTN TIU,IRA-ARQ (ASCII-ARQ), etc. (only for decoding)
Wavepad FFT
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/fft.html
Audio spectogram analysis.
Image Analysis
Binvis
Gives a visual representation of binary files.
Ceefax
Can be used to upload ceefax images.
EXIF
http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi
Used to find EXIF data and ID3 tags.
Futureboy
Allows to compare the differences of two images, and unlock steganography with passwords.
GIMP
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Free program. Alternative to photoshop. Can export and import raw files.
JHead
Allows for the viewing of jpeg headers, abnormalities, and outgress output.
Magic Eyes
http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/ To solve magic eyes
http://www.easystereogrambuilder.com/3d-stereogram-maker.aspx To make them.
Nonograms
http://nonomaker.com/ Used to make nonograms aaaaand
http://a.teall.info/nonogram/ to solve them.
Outguess
http://filehippo.com/mac/download_outguess/
Outguess steganography.
- NOTE: Only works on mac. Try using a virtual machine for opening it.
Photo Forensics
https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#forensic-magnifier
Magnifier, clone detection, error level analysis, and more tools.
Pixlr
Online GIMP-style editor.
Punchcards
http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php
Punchcards simulator.
QR Codes
http://www.qrcode-generator.de/ and https://dnschecker.org/qr-code-generator.php For making QR codes.
https://webqr.com/ and https://dnschecker.org/qr-code-scanner.php For reading QR codes.
Rawpixels
Visualizes .raw files.
Tinkercad
Web-based 3D modeling.
WeChall Tools
https://www.wechall.net/tools/
Features JColorSucker to grab pixel values from images.
Wikibruce
For image steganography, wikibruse can submit delimited list of pixel bytes. Resulting file is a single plane greyscale PNG. (eg: 255,0,255,0,255,0,0,255,0 with width 3)
General Steganography / Tools
Hex Editors
- Online hex editor.
- Offline hex editor (has more utilities).
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm
- Another Offline hex editor but without needing to install it and has scripting.
HTTP referrers
https://addons.mozilla.org/En-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/
Firefox extension to find HTTP referrers.
Notepad++
VERY useful program. Similar to Notepad but has many more utilities.
OtpXor
https://github.com/otp22/decoders/tree/master/OtpXor
Made by the creator of ae27ff, allows for the xoring of two large files together.
Repl
Website used to run and debug code.
XorJ
https://github.com/crashdemons/XorJ
Made by the creator of ae27ff, allows for the xoring of two relatively small files together.