Recently I downloaded a file using the Powershell command “Invoke-WebRequest” (there is a linuxy short form: “wget” which is nice). The exact command:
wget "https://URL_HERE" -OutFile Filename.isoThis worked flawlessly, but took an incredibly long time. The download speed was about one hundredth of my normal download speed.
Read More »Slow download using PowershellTIL. abbreviation for today I learned
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It is not logical at all at first sight. Sometimes GUIDS work as IDs for html tags, sometimes not. Today I learned why.
Read More »TIL: Do not use GUIDS as HTML-IDsTIL. abbreviation for today I learned
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It may not happen all the time, but every now and then there are cases where a certain outcome is expected due to two or more variables. For example the help or validation text for variable min and max values. Until now I have solved this with these monstrous “if – else if” nestings:
Read More »TIL: Tuples and Pattern Matching in C# switch StatementsIn order to prevent the leakage of any flags, Santa decided to instruct his elves to implement a secure data storage, which encrypts all entered data before storing it to disk.
According to the paradigm Always implement your own crypto the elves designed a custom hash function for storing user passwords as well as a custom stream cipher, which is used to encrypt the stored data.…
Santa tried to get an important file back from his old mobile phone backup. Thankfully he left a post-it note on his phone with the PIN. Sadly Rudolph thought the Apple was real and started eating it (there we go again…).…
A new apprentice Elf heard about “Configuration as Code”. When he had to solve the problem to protected a secret he came up with this “very sophisticated padlock”.
Unpacking the .zip archive, we got a 19MB Linux executable.…
You can feed this cat with many different things, but only a certain kind of file can endanger the cat.
Do you find that kind of files? And if yes, can you use it to disclose the flag?…
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me…
twelve rabbits a-rebeling,
eleven ships a-sailing,
ten (twentyfourpointone) pieces a-puzzling,
and the rest is history.
You should definitely give Bread’s famous easy perfect fresh rosemary yeast black pepper bread a try this Christmas!…
Docker Linter is a useful web application ensuring that your Docker-related files follow best practices. Unfortunately, there’s a security issue in there…
This challenge requires a reverse shell. You can use the provided Web Shell or the VPN to solve this challenge (see RESOURCES on top).…
Santa has forgotten his password and can no longer access his data. While trying to read the hard disk from another computer he also destroyed an important file. To avoid further damage he made a backup of his home partition.…