Friday, July 26, 2019

SANS HOLIDAY HACK 2018 Walkthrough (Part 1; Questions 1-3)

Overview

The main page for the event is at https://holidayhackchallenge.com/2018/index.html
The questions and objectives for 2018 can be found at https://holidayhackchallenge.com/2018/story.html
To create an account for the event, check out https://kringlecon.com/invite

Thanks to SANS, you can still work on this challenge even after the event has ended! You won't get any prizing for completing it late of course, but we still get to learn and test our skills.  The same applies for previous SANS challenges, as well, and I highly encourage everyone to try those out!

Getting Started
Read through the main page and story page to get a feel for the 2018 event.  When we're ready, we can make an event account over at https://kringlecon.com/invite

Once you're in the virtual world of KringleCon, follow the path north to talk to Santa before entering the castle.

Head into the castle, and let's start tackling these questions!