Dive into our latest Sherlock, Fragility, and step into the shoes of a digital forensic investigator tasked with addressing a missing file and a suspicious new account on a computer.

With a potential security breach, we've gathered evidence and obtained a network capture. Now, we need your assistance in the investigation!

By completing this defensive scenario, you'll enhance your skills in:

• Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR).
• Utilizing Splunk for data analysis and security monitoring.
• Network analysis.

In this critical election year, staying informed about democracy's threats is vital. Our final OpShieldWall scenario focuses on election interference, shedding light on tactics and technologies that might undermine elections.

Your mission is to ensure the fairness of the Velorian elections by:

• Investigating the Velorian Election System (VES).
• Spotting any possible election rigging or system vulnerabilities.
• Noticing signs of manipulation and outside interference.
• Giving honest evaluations of the system's reliability.

👇 Complete all scenarios by July 26th to receive a special coin as a token of your achievement.

Good luck, and happy hunting!

Boost the efficiency and effectiveness of your skills development plan with our enhanced search functionality.

As an administrator, you can now easily find and organize Machines within Dedicated Labs, enabling broader searches across all available tags. These tags represent real-world skills connected to Machine content.

👇 Here’s a snippet of how to conduct a threat-related search for CVE Machines.

Need extra help with Web Challenges?

Our step-by-step write-ups for retired Web Challenges, available on the HTB Enterprise Platform and HTB Labs, are designed to guide you to success.

If the write-ups aren't accessible, check with your administrator to ensure they've been activated in your Dedicated Labs “Settings” tab.

Ransomware attacks are a significant concern in the cybersecurity landscape for 2024. It's important for organizations, including critical election systems, to be ready to defend against them proactively.

The sixth installment of the OpShieldWall series helps you learn about and reduce these risks.

Armed with ransomware executables from the RedBadger site, you’re tasked to break down these harmful files and provide vital Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).

By finishing this task, you’ll:

• Recognize and classify different encryption methods like AES, RSA, and DES in the code.
• Grasp how IVs, keys, and other encryption components are made, saved, and used in the program.
• Translate observed encryption logic into corresponding decryption logic.
• Spot common anti-reversing techniques designed to hinder reverse engineering efforts.

Good luck, and happy hunting!

Pick your battle with Lockpick3.0!

Lockpick ransomware hackers have cracked open a development server, and it’s up to you to lock down their attack!

Jump in to:

• Unlock the secrets of advanced ransomware techniques.
• Develop hands-on skills in reverse engineering malicious payloads.
• Uncover critical information by analyzing key artifacts.
• Identify and investigate potential insider threats.
• Strengthen your incident response strategies.

Designed for beginners in cybersecurity, the Defensive Security - Essentials CTF pack focuses on building core skills necessary for incident response and malware analysis through a series of ten (10) new Challenges.

Organize your next CTF and allow your team to:

• Understand key concepts of defensive security and analyze/respond to cyber threats.
• Gain hands-on experience with tools and techniques for incident response and malware analysis.
• Develop skills in analyzing malicious files, network traffic, registry hives, event logs, and memory dumps.
• Enhance threat analysis and incident response capabilities through realistic, competitive challenges.

You’ve been a SOC analyst for the past 4 years, improving your incident response skills. Now, it's time to bite the bullet and pursue your dream job as an Incident Responder.

Rise to the occasion and secure the job by completing the Mellitus defensive scenario that allows you to:

• Deepen your memory forensics skills.
• Sharpen your incident response tactics.
• Test your analytical thinking and forensic expertise.

The CTF dashboard is here to revolutionize your experience on the HTB CTF Platform! This all-in-one hub allows admins to:

• Track their team's progress and performance effortlessly.
• Stay informed about upcoming, ongoing, and past events.
• Manage events.

The dashboard acts as a clear roadmap for event participation, allowing admins to review past performances in order to easily benchmark their team's capabilities and plan strategically for future events.

The Red Badger ransomware group has been causing trouble, and it's your turn to step up and take action!

In this offensive scenario, you’ll be tasked to identify a vulnerability on their site, exploit it, and post a takedown notice on behalf of the Velorian government and its allies.

But that's not all—you'll also need to collect any valuable intelligence and pass it on to our reversing team.

Jump into OpShieldWall-5, where you'll:

• Understand Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
• Master the art of defacing and taking down ransomware websites.
• Learn how to abuse Jinja2 template injections effectively.

Complete all Operation Shield Wall scenarios by July 26th to receive an exclusively crafted coin.

Good luck, and happy hunting!