<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Writeups on Talal Ahmed</title><link>http://ta1al.com/categories/writeups/</link><description>Recent content in Writeups on Talal Ahmed</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0500</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://ta1al.com/categories/writeups/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Digital Footprint | TryHackMe Room Writeup</title><link>http://ta1al.com/blog/digital-footprint-tryhackme-writeup/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0500</pubDate><guid>http://ta1al.com/blog/digital-footprint-tryhackme-writeup/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to my writeup for the TryHackMe room &lt;strong&gt;Digital Footprint&lt;/strong&gt;. The room works through a series of beginner-friendly OSINT challenges involving image analysis, web archives, landmark identification, and document metadata.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="task-1--the-leaked-photo"&gt;Task 1 — The Leaked Photo&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The first task asks us to identify the city where a photo of a residential property was taken. The required flag format is &lt;code&gt;THM{City}&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>