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Apr 14, 2021
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#ransomware
With ransomware being an ever-present threat, I thought I'd jot down some best practices I've come across to prevent and, if the worst should happen, recover from such an attack. This is far from a comprehensive list but can be a jumping-off point when developing a new plan or updating ex...
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Apr 6, 2021
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#ctf
#coding
This was an awesome beginner CTF that has an accompanying conference called ShaktiCon - a free international conference dedicated to women in cybersecurity. This specific puzzle required some python coding skills.
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Apr 5, 2021
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#ctf
#forensics
#memory
#steganography
#coding
This was an awesome beginner CTF that has an accompanying conference called ShaktiCon - a free international conference dedicated to women in cybersecurity. This specific puzzle required knowledge of memory, steganography, and python.
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Mar 31, 2021
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#ctf
#forensics
#memory
#steganography
My write up of some of the the UMASS CTF puzzles.
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Mar 17, 2021
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#ctf
#cryptography
#web
#forensics
#osint
This year, UTCTF hosted a wide range of challenges that included cryptography, forensics, reverse engineering, and web exploits. I focused mainly on forensics and cryptography while dabbling with the web puzzles.
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Mar 10, 2021
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#howto
#vm
#lab
I recently made a basic Ubuntu VM with only 20GB of hard disk space and assumed I would only use it for light testing. As time went on, though, I eventually got the point where I wanted to install REMnux and SIFT on that box rather than create a whole new VM and space was becoming an issue.
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Feb 24, 2021
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#email
#ctf
#api
Over the last couple months, MetaSpike hosted an email forensics CTF. I wasn't able to get in on it until the very end but I enjoyed the puzzles they presented. It's rare to find CTFs dedicated to a specific area of forensics so I was excited to try out the challenges.
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Feb 23, 2021
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#ctf
#osint
Earlier this year, CrowdStrike hosted a CTF centered around three advanced persistent threats. The focus was mainly reverse engineering and binary analysis but there was an OSINT challenge in the `CATAPULT SPIDER` APT group that piqued my interest called "Much Sad".
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Feb 5, 2021
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#memory
#ctf
#forensics
This write up will cover the fourth memory challenge published on GitHub and managed by stuxnet9999.
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Jan 29, 2021
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#memory
#ctf
#forensics
This write up will cover the third memory challenge published on GitHub and managed by stuxnet9999 (aka Abhiram Kumar)
