Tags: keylogger audio 

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Extract the average sound "volume" for each keystroke from the audio file and assign a uniquie letter based on this average value to get a substitution cipher that can be easily solved. No fancy audio fingerprinting is necessary as the key sounds differ enoguh.

Original writeup (https://github.com/tttttx2/CTF_Writeups/blob/main/PBCTF-2021/GhostWriter.md).