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Category: NCL-Cryptography

Why Steganography is Cryptography

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021Leave a comment

wolfshirtz
The NCL Player Ambassadors have been asked this question many times over the years. Wolfshirtz offers a definitive answer, but first poses this insightful counter-question: "Why mathematically garble your data to hide it when you can make it look like a dinosaur with a cool top hat?"

Thou Shall Pass! I Am a Coach. How Do I Help My Students Succeed?

February 2, 2021February 6, 2021Leave a comment

By 0x600DF00D
New NCL Coaches: Read for a gentle introduction.
Seasoned Coaches: Read for a new take on how to help your students succeed.
0x600DF00D breaks down how to coach, what to coach, and ways to incorporate NCL into the classroom, all while honoring the Rules of Conduct.

Low-tech Tooling: Competing From a Device You Can’t Install Tools On

February 1, 2021February 17, 2021Leave a comment

By Taisa
Taisa played her first season of NCL entirely from a browser-only device and shares her top resources and tricks for competing in less-than-ideal circumstances. Even if you've got Kali running as a VM, low-tech and browser-based tools can be a great way to check your work, troubleshoot your process, or collaborate with teammates in the cloud.

Everything I Learned About Cryptography from Working and Living with CryptoKait

August 26, 2020September 4, 2020Leave a comment

JeanaByte
From terminology, to tools, to matters of life and death, discover the cryptography lessons that JeanaByte has absorbed from CryptoKait and would now never teach cryptography without!

NCL and WSL: Leaving the Kali VM Behind

August 19, 2020January 9, 20212 Comments

Aaron James
Working in a virtual machine is a sub-optimal experience. What if we told you there's a way to run the Kali Linux terminal natively inside of Windows? Aaron James demonstrates how to install and compete using command-line tools on Windows Subsystem for Linux—no clunky VM required!

Summer Camp 2020 – Numerical Cryptography

May 27, 2020September 9, 20201 Comment

JeanaByte
JeanaByte walks us through how she would solve the Summer Camp 2020 – Cryptography challenge: Numeric.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Steganography Tricks and Tips

March 2, 2020October 6, 2020Leave a comment

John "Mako" McGill
Who uses bitmap images anymore? Data smugglers, primarily! You're instantly suspicious that there's more to a file than meets the eye, but how can you uncover its secrets? Mako exposes the etymology, purpose, tricks, and tools of steganography and recommends additional means of practice.

Sha Jvgu Pelcgb! Crypto or Cthulhu?

February 12, 2020September 6, 2020Leave a comment

John "Mako" McGill
How can we crack these cryptic ciphers? Fortunately, we don't have to supplicate before any ancient world-swallowing, madness-inducing deities. (Although, Mako does feel like losing his mind a little during the NCL games.) Instead, Mako introduces key markers and tricks for identifying encoding schemes!

PowerShell and Linux Command Line Resources We Love for the National Cyber League Games

October 1, 2019October 6, 2020Leave a comment

John "Mako" McGill
Discover what's lurking beneath the surface of your operating system! Back with more shark analogies, Mako discusses how we can use the built-in scripting engines in Linux and Windows—Bash and Powershell—to automate and simplify (almost) everything in the NCL, broken down by domain.

N00bSec to Cyber-Champion: Hacking the National Cyber League for Success

April 8, 2018October 10, 20207 Comments

CryptoKait
Want to start your very own NCL team at your college or university? CryptoKait shows you how with these take-home materials from her workshop at the 2018 WiCyS conference. In case you missed it, the first part was recorded, and CryptoKait's NCL Coaching Guide is the ultimate standalone resource!

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