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  • Web Exploitation
    • HTTP Basics for CTF
    • SQL Injection
    • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Cryptography
    • Classical Ciphers
    • XOR Encoding
    • RSA Basics
  • Reverse Engineering
    • Reverse Engineering Basics
    • Ghidra Workflow for CTF
    • Dynamic Analysis with GDB
  • Binary Exploitation
    • Buffer Overflow Basics
    • Format String Bugs
    • Return-Oriented Programming
  • Forensics
    • File Analysis Fundamentals
    • PCAP Analysis
    • Memory Forensics with Volatility
  • OSINT
    • OSINT Basics
    • Geolocation Challenges
  • Steganography
    • Image Steganography
    • Audio Steganography
  • Networking
    • Protocol Analysis
    • Network Reconnaissance
  • Miscellaneous
    • Encoding and Decoding
    • Scripting for CTF
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// 3 published field manuals

Forensics challenges hand you an artifact — a pcap, a disk image, a memory dump — and ask you to recover what happened or what was hidden inside.

› field manual articles

  • 01

    File Analysis Fundamentals

    Identify mystery files, find hidden data in metadata, and extract embedded archives from any forensics challenge.

    beginner
  • 02

    PCAP Analysis

    Read network captures in Wireshark, follow streams, and extract files and credentials from captured traffic.

    beginner
  • 03

    Memory Forensics with Volatility

    Extract processes, network connections, files, and credentials from a raw memory dump using Volatility.

    intermediate
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