By 0x600DF00D
Coach Ambassador 0x600DF00D knows you want your students to succeed in NCL! He explains when and how Coaches may offer assistance, and shares his top tools and hints, by domain, to impart upon your charges before the Games begin (because during would be cheating!).
By ghostinth3machine
Assembly is the language of reversing binaries, and it can be intimidating to learn. However, you can circumnavigate the need for fluency in this foreign language by learning to use a translation tool like Radare instead—and the assembly will assemble into place later!
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.
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.
We know what you're thinking: Now that the semester is over and with finals out of the way, what's a student gotta do to learn some Python during winter break around here?? Never you fear, "Beginner Python with wolfshirtz" is here!
wolfshirtz
It's not often that a tool comes along and changes things. For wolfshirtz, that tool was Ghidra, an open-source decompiler that turns assembly language into something more human-readable. And it's not often that a blog post comes along and explains Ghidra so well! Wolfshirtz walks you through how to get started with Ghidra, his tricks for getting a feel for and maximizing its features, and his cheat sheet of top hotkeys!
Aaron James
Aaron James has a story he likes to tell people about the more intimidating challenge categories in NCL, sprinkled with tools and tips for success in Enumeration and Exploitation. Spoiler Alert: The hardest part isn't the difficulty of the challenges!
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!
wolfshirtz
Wolfshirtz walks us through how he would solve the Summer Camp 2020 – Enumeration and Exploitation challenge: Reverse Engineering.
WebWitch
The following challenge may or may not resemble challenges seen before in NCL! WebWitch's cauldron is filled with mysterious code, but one thing is missing. What is the secret input ingredient? You'll have to work backwards to find it!
