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Holiday CTF review

Posted on January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Holiday CTF review

With the holiday season behind us so are the yearly holiday themed CTF challenges. I participated in 2 of them , TryHackMe’s Advent of Cyber and SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. Going into TryHackMe’s Advent of Cyber I was not sure what to expect. I had been using TryHackMe off and on for learning. I had…

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