Hexordia CTF – Week 2

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Last week was week 2 of the Hexordia CTF. It was apparently “Android Week” with three challenges all focussed on the data from the Google Pixel. All three challenges were also linked to ChatGPT. Thankfully this was a better week for me, following a bad week one where unfortunately I … Continue reading Hexordia CTF – Week 2 →

Hexordia CTF – Week 1

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction I have long extolled the virtues of CTF (Capture the Flag) type events for forensic practitioners. I personally find that they are a great way to keep your skills sharp. Not just the obvious forensic skills, but research and testing, learning new tools or using features of tools that you … Continue reading Hexordia CTF – Week 1 →

Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Four – Exploring the Blockchain and “The End”

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As anyone following my updates will have seen, I took part in the CSI Linux CTF over Christmas. The CTF required writing up a report of findings, and I thought that it might be helpful to share the content of my report. Part … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Four – Exploring the Blockchain and “The End” →

Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Three – Death Dates, Geolocation and an Article of Interest…

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As discussed in Part One, I took part in the CSI Linux CTF event over Christmas. The CTF required writing up a report of findings, and I thought that it might be helpful to share the content of my report. Part One covered … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Three – Death Dates, Geolocation and an Article of Interest… →

Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Two – Morse Code and More

Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part One – Audio Analysis

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As many of you may have seen, I took part in a Capture The Flag competition run by CSI Linux over the Christmas period (titled "Shake the cobwebs"), and was really pleased to finish first!! This was the first CTF that I have taken … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part One – Audio Analysis →