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CTF Preparation

  1. Prepare your own hot-spot or VPN: local Wi-Fi may interfere or block manipulated requests.
  2. Set up a public web server with valid TLS for use in CTF challenges like XSS or data exfiltration; ideally with access to request log.
  3. Prepare PWN scripts that can use netcat or run local processes and debuggers and send payloads in response to input data.
  4. Prepare tools for:
    • Image forensics
    • Data conversion like Base64, HEX etc.etc; e.g. CyberChef.
    • Extracting data from files; like cutting or replacing headers etc.
    • cURL script for sending encoded query strings or posting forms
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