Hack The Box – Took the Byte (Forensics Challenge)

Someone took my bytes! Can you recover my password for me? This time all we are given is a single file named password,  which is identified simply as data. Examining it in a hex editor doesn’t give many more clues. I began thinking that the data might be encrypted somehow, and threw it into CyberChef. […]

Hack The Box – MarketDump (Forensics Challenge)

We have got informed that a hacker managed to get into our internal network after pivoting through the web platform that runs in public internet. He managed to bypass our small product stocks logging platform and then he got our costumer database file. We believe that only one of our costumers was targeted. Can you […]

Hack The Box – Forensics Challenges Overview

Hack The Box is a fantastic free (mostly) resource for anyone wanting to improve their offensive security skills. I’ve had an account for years but since I moved away from offensive work to full-time DFIR I haven’t paid much attention to it. Until, that is, I was pointed at their section of forensics challenges. Rather […]