This write up is a culmination of articles from a Capture The Flag competition and are all being concatenated here. Red XOXOXO The Challenge We receive a message that is captured, and since thi...

This write up is a culmination of articles from a Capture The Flag competition and are all being concatenated here. You can see other challenge write ups on the main post here. Easter Egg 1 Par...

Brain Leaking by Nick Staab Back in October I created a forensic challenge called Brain_Gamez, which was hosted on the Hackmethod Monthly CTF site (https://ctf[dot]hackmethod[dot]com). Brain_Game...

Image by Tieatie CTFJawn 2017 @ BSides Philly Write Up Security BSides recently came to Philadelphia, and with it a host of fun hacker related activities. One of those was a brand new first time...

September saw the last of the 3rd quarter challenges from the team over at Hackmethod (https://ctf[dot]hackmethod[dot]com/challenges). Starting in October the team will be moving over to a brand ne...

In addition to providing training and security services, the folks over at Hackmethod run a monthly Capture The Flag style challenge for hackers and information security professionals. Make sure yo...

Back in 2016 the Cyber Command branch of the United States Army (ARCYBER) released a commercial that lead to an ARG for recruitment of hackers. A YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L...

July brings another set of challenges from the Hackmethod team — https://hackmethod.com. This month’s challenge set includes 3 levels and is named “Jam_Packed”. I assumed based off the name that th...

Part of the computer security business is keeping your skills sharp and up to date. Especially within the realm of technical knowledge, sometimes knowing is not enough. Getting that raw feeling of ...

Your Princess Is In Another Castle The Google 2017 Capture The Flag qualifiers have come and gone. I was lucky enough to be a part of the Hackmethod (https://hackmethod.com) team this year. If...