Challenge list
Identify Intrusion Time from File Timestamps
Analyze the modification times of the files in evidence/ to identify when the intrusion occurred and which hidden…
Process Hunter - Hidden Process
A process named "secret_service" is running in the background. Find this process and get the following information: 1.…
Find Process in Memory Dump
memory.dump is a simplified text of memory-analysis output (pslist / psscan / cmdline). Find the suspicious process…
Log Analysis - Find the Intruder
/app/auth.log contains authentication logs. Detect suspicious activity: - Identify the IP address with 10+ failed…
Recover Deleted Files
Recover the deleted compressed file (ZIP) from the disk image and find the flag in the memo inside it. Learn how to…
Compression Maze - Nested Archives
/app/flag.tar.gz is a nested compressed file. Decompress step by step: flag.tar.gz → flag.tar → flag.zip.bz2.gz →…
Regex Master - Log File Analysis
The file /app/access.log contains thousands of access log entries. Extract all entries where the IP address starts…
Environment Variable Master - PATH Hijacking
There is a hidden command "getflag" in /app/secret_bin directory. However, this directory is not in PATH, so you…
Message Hidden in Image LSB
Extract the message hidden in the LSB (Least Significant Bit) of a PNG file. Learn the basics of steganography…
Extract Session Cookies from Chrome
You are given `/challenge/Cookies` and `/challenge/History` (both SQLite) taken from a Linux Chrome profile. The…
Detect DNS Tunneling
Analyze the DNS query log `dns_queries.log` to detect data exfiltration via DNS tunneling. Find the host flooding a…
Docker Forensics - Container Investigation
With no Docker daemon available, investigate the metadata of the image `registry.internal/kinoco-billing-api:2.4.1`:…
Find the Deleted API Key in Git History
/app/repo is a Git repository. A developer accidentally committed an API_KEY and removed it in a later commit. Inspect…
Find Deleted File Traces in NTFS $MFT
You are given `/challenge/mft_records.txt`, the `$MFT` of the Windows machine `KINOCO-WS07` written out as per-record…
Python Automation - REST API Data Collection
A paginated local API runs in the container at `http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/records?page=N`. Walk every page until…
SQL Query Master - Complex Joins
The SQLite database `/challenge/company.db` has 3 tables: - employees (id, name, department_id, salary, email, note) -…
Detect Brute-Force Attack in Event Logs
Analyze the sshd authentication log `/challenge/auth.log` of the server `kinoco-srv01` and identify the session of the…
System Call Tracing - strace Debugging
Analyze `/challenge/strace.log`, a strace recording of the source-less program `/app/mystery_program`. The program…
System Log Analysis - journalctl Master
Analyze `/challenge/system.log`, a systemd journal exported in `journalctl -o short` style. Each line reads "timestamp…
Network Master - Netcat Reverse Shell
Analyze the prerecorded artifacts/netcat/callback-transcript.log without connecting to any external host; no listener…
Network Analysis - 802.1Q VLAN Separated Traffic
capture.pcap was captured from a mirrored switch trunk port, so frames from several VLANs are mixed together with…
Network Analysis - SNMP Information Leak
A device speaking SNMPv2c with a weak community string (public) was captured returning a GetResponse. Download the…
Network Analysis - SSL Strip Clear-text Credentials
An SSL Strip attack downgraded HTTPS to HTTP, so the victim's credentials traveled in clear text and were captured.…
Network Analysis - Unmasking WebSocket Frames
capture.pcap records WebSocket traffic between a browser and a chat server. Every client-to-server frame is masked…