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Network Discovery – Scan-ta Clause
This room was released on day seven of the event and covered network discovery using nmap. Task 1 Introduction Read some more story material. Launch the Attack Box and Virtual Machine. Task 2 Discover Network Services We need to see…

Malware Analysis – Egg-xecutable
This room was released on day six of the event and introduces malware analysis and some basic tools. Task 1 Introduction Read some more of the event story. Launch the Virtual Machine. Task 2 Malware Analysis Using Sandboxes Read about static and…

IDOR – Santa’s Little IDOR
This room was released on day five of the event and introduces insecure direct object references (IDOR) and how to exploit them. Task 1 Introduction This section covers some more story material. Launch the Attack Box and Virtual Machine. Task 2 IDOR…

AI in Security – old sAInt nick
This room was released on day four of the event and introduces the idea of AI chatbots as a tool for analysing security logs. Task 1 Introduction This section introduces some more story line content. Start an Attack Box and Virtual…

Splunk Basics – Did you SIEM?
This room was released on day three of the event and covers the basics of searching a Splunk SIEM instance. Task 1 Introduction This section introduces some more of the story. Launch the Virtual Machine. Task 2 Log Analysis with Splunk This…

Phishing – Merry Clickmas
This room was made available day two of the event and introduces social engineering phishing techniques and how to run a phishing campaign. Task 1 Introduction This section introduces some more of the story line. Launch the Attack Box and…

Linux CLI – Shells Bells
This room was made available day one of the event and introduces through Linux terminal commands. Task 1 Introduction This section introduces the story for the event and instructs on which resources should be spun up. Start the Virtual Machine.…

Advent of Cyber Prep Track
This room was made available before the start of the event and provides a basic introduction to a variety of concepts that will be expanded on during the event. It is at a beginner level and shouldn’t prove a challenge…

Advent of Cyber 2025
This is an overview post for the Christmas themed CTF hosted by TryHackMe in 2025.