Previous (Android): Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4Previous (Linux): Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7The last week of Linux month is complete, and I'm glad it was somewhat of a breeze to answer again. We got another 2 parter this week with a focus on installed packages and an insider attacker usecase. Challenge 8 (Nov.... [Read More]

I was lucky enough to take part in the SANS work study program this summer during the DFIR Summit to take the FOR585 Smartphone Forensic Analysis course. If you haven't applied for the work study program, I highly encourage you do as you get to take a training course of your... [Read More]

Previous: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6Getting back on the horse (or elephant?) this week with a three part question for Week 7, all about the Hadoop HDFS IP configurations.Challenge 7 (Nov 16-23) Part 1 Domains and Such (15)What is the IP address of the HDFS primary node?Since we... [Read More]

 Previous: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5To be quite honest, this was a terrible week of CTF'ing for me. My main focus this week was on studying for my SANS GASF exam (more on that later) so I didn't get to dedicate... [Read More]

Previous: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4Linux month is upon us and I must admit, it's probably my least comfortable operating system in terms of knowledge of structure and artifacts. So I tried to keep an open mind when looking at this week's question.Challenge 5... [Read More]