Challenge Types (chals)

These are by no means the only categories, but the following are very common in CTF challenges.

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Cryptography

Code breaking secrets hidden in numbers and symbols

Reverse Engineering

Figure out how things work, then break those things!

Pwn

Finding vulnerabilities to exploit and gain control

Forensics

Investigate PCAPs, metadata, and memory to get the full story

Web

The attack surface of the modern world!

Misc

Weird jails, weird languages and more

OSINT

Find stuff from publicly available info

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