Challenge list
Python Practice - Bulk Base64 Stream Decoding
Every line of data.txt (about 150 lines, created at every start) is Base64. Decode line by line; when the result…
Python Practice - Conditional CSV Sales Filtering
data.txt, created at every start, is a sales CSV (transaction_id,date,product_id,amount,status,ref,notes). Several…
Python Practice - Compound JSON User Query
Examine the JSON data.txt ({"users": [...]}) created at every start. Each user has id, name, email, role, active and…
Python Practice - Target-IP Access Log Tracing
data.txt (about 1,300 lines, created at every start) is a web server access log. Extract only the requests from…
Python Automation - Bulk Base64 Decoding
Every line of data.txt (about 150 lines, created at every start) is Base64. Decode line by line; when the result…
Python Automation - CSV Sales Filtering
data.txt, created at every start, is a sales CSV (transaction_id,date,product_id,amount,status,ref,notes). Several…
Python Automation - JSON User Query
Examine the JSON data.txt ({"users": [...]}) created at every start. Each user has id, name, email, role, active and…
Python Automation - Access Log Parsing
data.txt (about 1,300 lines, created at every start) is a web server access log. Extract only the requests from…
Python Automation - Password Hash Cracking
Examine data.txt (a list of SHA-256 digests) and wordlist.txt (800 four-character lowercase alphanumeric tokens), both…
RC4 Stream Cipher Weakness
RC4 was once widely used but is now deprecated. This introductory task focuses on recognizing the provided data…
Vigenere Cipher Decryption
Decrypt a Vigenere cipher when the key length is known and retrieve the flag. Ciphertext:…
Find USB History in Windows Registry
Analyze the SYSTEM file (a text model of the USBSTOR part of the registry hive) to identify the USB device that was…
Text Processing Master - sed & awk
/app/data.csv contains CSV data. Perform these operations: 1. Extract only rows where column 2 (price) >= 1000 2.…
Find Secret File in Disk Image
Inspect the ext4 filesystem disk image `disk.img`, find the secret backup hidden in the filesystem, and recover the…
Finding Hash Collisions
MD5 collisions are practical. Hashes with broken collision resistance must not be used for security-sensitive…
Hash Length Extension Attack
Simple signatures such as hash(secret || message) can be vulnerable to length extension attacks with Merkle-Damgard…
Find Password in Packet Capture
Clear-text HTTP traffic from a shop's internal network was captured. Among many requests, exactly one is the…
Padding Oracle Basics
Padding oracle attacks use error differences as a plaintext recovery signal. This introductory task decodes leaked…
Identify Intrusion Time from File Timestamps
Analyze the modification times of the files in evidence/ to identify when the intrusion occurred and which hidden…
Programming - Bash Job Log Analysis
/challenge/jobs.log is a nightly batch log that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. Each…
Programming - PIN Brute Force
/challenge/vault.json is a vault record that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts. It…
Programming - Hash Verification and Decryption
Analyze the evidence file artifact-manifest.json, which is generated randomly at every start. Each artifact…
Programming - Binary TLV Parsing
/challenge/capture.bin is a custom binary file that is regenerated with random data every time the container starts.…
Process Hunter - Hidden Process
A process named "secret_service" is running in the background. Find this process and get the following information: 1.…