• 2. Capture The Flag

    • Intro

      In this lesson, you're going to:

      do your first hacks on PicoCTF. You will see how commands work using the command line and you will get your first flags.

    • Cylab Security Academy

      Let's go to Cylab Academy and watch the General skills 1 video. Then try problem set 1 and 2.

      When in Cylab, click on the hints. They are your best friend!

      Screenshot of hints link on Cylab Security Academy website.
       

      Bash Examples

      These are just a few examples of the code you will need to hack the challenges.

      $wget https://www.website.com/websitefolder/websitefile.txt
      
      $ls
      
      $cat websitefile.txt
      
      $nano websitefile.txt
      
      $man nano
    • Webshell Layout 

      The Cylab website has an online webshell that you can use to do your coding and hacking. To make it easier for you to do the activities, make your screen layout look like this.

      Screenshot of webshell and website layout