Paul Buonopane
In contrast to domains that require well-developed technical skills, the new Forensics domain so far has been more about detective work—to the point that a technical mindset can distract from the real solution! That makes it challenging to prepare for (but won't stop Paul from trying)! Paul offers his hot take on the measurable skills you can develop in preparation for Forensics, as well as sources of inspiration for thinking outside the box.
Hush1e
NCL introduced the Forensics domain in Fall 2020, and it was as much a surprise to the Player Ambassadors as it was to you! Fortunately, Hush1e has been conducting cyber forensics informally since the ’90s and can give us a tour of the open-source tool known as Autopsy, which is used professionally by forensic investigators and incident responders.
Taisa
Ready for the Preseason Game? You will be after this! Taisa's EYNTK mega-posts are an essential part of your NCL preparedness kit. Go down this checklist of what to do before, during, and after the Preseason Game to maximize your NCL experience.
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!
ghostinth3machine
Regular Expressions are sets of special characters that symbolize search patterns. They look rather strange and esoteric, not unlike super-high-level, brain-exploding voodoo magic, but, as ghostinth3machine demonstrates, they're really not too difficult to learn, and, once you do learn them, you'll wonder how you ever survived without them.
ghostinth3machine
"If you turn the crank of the sausage machine backwards, pigs won't come out the other end." ...Or will they? Using hashcat on Windows—both in command line and GUI—ghostinth3machine explains how hashing works and demonstrates how to turn cryptographic sausage back into a password!
ghostinth3machine
Warning: If you've been a long-time Windows GUI user, the Linux terminal may induce culture shock. But did you know that Windows has its own command line interface (CLI) that's not too different from Linux Terminal? Ghostinth3machine guides you through Windows CLI, where you can explore command-line basics in familiar surroundings!
David Zeichick
Player Ambassadors may have written "Everything You Need to Know" Guides in the past, but never before has a guide prepared players for both the NCL Games and the zombie apocalypse (which must certainly be imminent after this past year). David outlines the six basic rules of Gym survival—OK, five—which will turn you into a challenge- and zombie-crushing machine. Start prepping!
Taisa
(Third in a three-part series.)
Reinforce what you've learned with examples and repetition! Taisa guides you through how you can untangle the Web Access Log challenge on your own using the command-line tools from Parts 1 and 2 in this series. You've got this!
CryptoKait 
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