UWE CTF Falcons
Cyber Gym
Resources
TryHackMe
TryHackMe (THM) offers a wide range of rooms and educational content from Linux fundamentals to detailed learning pathways such as the CompTIA PenTest+ pathway. THM allows users to explore and learn at a pace that suits them. At the Falcons we recommend our members sign up to and explore THM. We'll be be exploring various rooms and CTF challenges in our bootcamps.
TryHackMe: http://www.tryhackme.com
TryHackMe PenTest+ Pathway: https://tryhackme.com/r/path/outline/pentestplus
HackTheBox
Like THM HackTheBox (HTB) offers a variety cyber related challenges and learning pathways from HTB Academy and HTB Labs that cover the complete spectrum of cybersecurity. Offering hands on technical challenges from which users can develop professional technical understanding and expertise. Whilst enabling potential future employers to track their progress and development. Whilst the HTB CTF platform is considered one of the best in the business and one the Falcons will be using for a number of CTF's over the next few years.
We strongly recommend our members sign up to HTB and when you do so be sure to join both the Falcons HTB CTF Team and UWE's university group.
HackTheBox: http://www.hackthebox.com
Falcons HTB CTF: https://ctf.hackthebox.com/team/overview/170734
University West of England HTB: https://app.hackthebox.com/universities/overview/26
CTFTime
CTFtime.org is a platform that tracks Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions, widely used by cybersecurity enthusiasts. It provides a calendar of upcoming events, rankings of global CTF teams, and detailed information on various CTF challenges. Users can follow competitions, participate in them, and view results to improve their skills in areas like cryptography, reverse engineering, and hacking. It’s a hub for the competitive CTF community.
The Falcons will be using CTF Time to source external CTF for both student and alumni members, so please sign up and join the UWE CTF Falcons Team on CTFTime.org.
Falcons on ctftime.org: https://ctftime.org/team/308807
UWE CTF Falcons Github
Like most cybersecurity and wider IT industry entities UWE CTF Falcons utilise GitHUb repositories to organise and make content available online. Our Github repo hosts a variety of challenges and educational resources that our members can download and enjoy.
Falcons Github: https://github.com/CTFFalcons/Challenges
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Docker Hub
Docker Hub is a cloud-based repository service that allows users to store, share, and manage Docker container images. It serves as a centralised platform where developers can publish their containerised applications and find pre-built images for various technologies. Users can pull images from public repositories or create private ones for team collaboration. Docker Hub simplifies container distribution, enabling efficient application deployment across different environments.
The Falcons will be hosting its in house boot2root docker images on Docker Hub. We're currently compiling our repo for uploading and a link will be available with a multitude of challenges for all levels of experiences shortly.
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Immersive Labs - Cyber Millions
Immersive Labs is a Bristol based Cyber education company that provide industry level training and education. Their Cyber Millions platform provides a variety of online labs and training programs from all aspects of cyber security. Like THM Cyber Millions allows for tracking of your success.
The Falcons committee highly recommends that all Falcons members utilise Cyber Millions.
Boss of the SOC
The Boss of the SOC (BOTS) is a competitive cybersecurity event designed to challenge and train security analysts in real-world scenarios. Participants, typically individuals or teams, act as security operations center (SOC) analysts tasked with identifying, analysing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats. Using tools like SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platforms and log analysis, competitors investigate incidents such as malware outbreaks, phishing attacks, and data breaches.
Boss of the SOC is an excellent resource for Falcons to develop real world skills.
National Cyber League
The National Cyber League (NCL) is a US based CTF based competition aimed at high schools and university undergraduate programs across the United states. The biannual competition pits students across the country against each other in individual and team CTF events. Alongside the competition the NCL boasts a comprehensive Cyber Gym full of educational resources to help educators and students prepare for the main events.
The Falcons are proud to become the first UK based society/university to take part in the NCL.
Registration for the Spring Season of the NCL opens on 27th of Jan. '25:
Practice makes Perfect!
UWE CTF Falcons Cyber Gym is a collection of open source and online learning resources that will help our members enhance their understanding and technical skills in all areas of cybersecurity.
Though this list is not exhaustive it is representative of the Falcons passion to engage and develop our cyber skills.