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The SANS Holiday Hack Challenge created by SANS (ft. KringleCon) is mainly forensics themed, very beginner-friendly, and can be played here: https://2022.kringlecon.com/ Submissions were open until January 6, 2023, but for time reasons, I only completed about half of the challenges. Tolkien Ring Wireshark Practice Task: Analyze the Wireshark file and Answer the Elf’s Questions!To […]
The GrabThePhisher CTF created by Milann SHRESTHA at cyberdefenders.org is OSINT themed and can be played here: https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/95 The CTF is built around a phishing kit that can be downloaded from the CTF page. Challenge Details An attacker compromised a server and impersonated https://pancakeswap.finance/, a decentralized exchange native to BNB Chain, to host a phishing kit at https://apankewk.soup.xyz/mainpage.php. The […]
The Hack The Boo CTF hosted by Hack The Box included challenges from Web, Pwn, Reversing, Crypto, and Forensics. More details can be found here: https://ctf.hackthebox.com/event/details/hack-the-boo-637 The CTF was active from Saturday, 22nd Oct @ 1 PM UTC to Thursday, 27th Oct @ 1 PM UTC. Day 1 Web/Easy – Evaluation Deck A powerful demon […]
The Mona Lisa Heist CTF created by Hacktoria is OSINT themed and can be played here: https://hacktoria.com/operations/operation-the-mona-lisa-heist/ The CTF was active in July of 2022. Mission Briefing from: dimitri-zechev@tiberianserpent.comto: agent-k@tiberianserpent.comdate: July 01, 2022, 21:00 EETsubject: Briefing “The Mona Lisa Heist” Well good evening, As you’ve probably heard in the news recently, the Mona Lisa was stolen from […]
The Operation Mare Nostrum CTF created by Hacktoria is OSINT and cryptography themed and can be played here: https://hacktoria.com/operations/operation-mare-nostrum/ The CTF was active in June of 2022. Mission Briefing from: dimitri-zechev@tiberianserpent.comto: agent-k@tiberianserpent.comdate: June 01, 2022, 21:00 EETsubject: Briefing “Opration Mare Nostrum” Hi there, I hope you’re a fan of spy novels, because the case that […]
The Downtown Murderer CTF created by Hacktoria is OSINT themed and can be played here: https://hacktoria.com/operations/operation-downtown-murderer/ The CTF was active in May of 2022. Mission Briefing from: julessharpe555@tiberianserpent.comto: tmp-agnt007@tiberianserpent.comdate: May 01, 2022, 21:00 EETsubject: Briefing “The Downtown Murderer” So bit of a different task we got on our hands this time. The local Police Department has their […]
The CaseVegas CTF created by Andrew fordred at cyberdefenders.org is OSINT themed and can be played here: https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/70 (Update 2024: https://web.archive.org/web/20230519170552/https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/70#nav-questions) The CTF is built around a video with a file size of 1 GB that can be downloaded from the CTF page. Alongside it, a couple of images are provided. Challenge Details You are […]
The Cyber Investigator CTF created by Jack Tilsen of Cyber Society at Cardiff University is OSINT themed and can be played here: https://investigator.cybersoc.wales/ I have not included files given alongside the challenges in this write-up, so to fully understand the write-up, you have to open the challenges yourself. Signals Intelligence foreigntransmission Our signals intelligence team […]