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KringleCon V: Golden Rings (2022)

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2022 SANS Holiday Hack - Kringlecon: Five Golden Rings This is my fifth (!) holiday hack, and as always it was a heap of fun. It seemed a bit easier this year (hopefully because I'm getting better, rather than just because it was easier), so I decided to give the "creative writeup" a go, rather than continuing my trend of simple technical ones. I was unprepared for how much harder it is! The Writeup Note The writeup contains spoilers. If you missed doing the hack over December / January, and are now feeling stuck and want hints, feel free to message me: Zysygy on Discord or vw2cdyml AT duck DOT com. Note two: The DuckDuckGo extension blocks my fake ads, for some reason. So if you don't see two images on the first page, you might want to use incognito mode. You can either start at intro and then used the folded up corner at the page's bottom right to navigate through them (a...
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Kringle Con / Frost Fest 2021

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I've decided to try to create a more thorough write-up of KringleCon / Frost Fest this year, but I also don't want to make this unreadably long. So if you're just after the answers, ignore all of the hidden text below and jump ahead to whatever you want to read. If you're after a bit more depth, in addition to the answers, I've documented: the missteps I took trying to figure it out, even all those that lead no where. Mostly because I forget how tough I find stuff and then feel bad whenever I struggle, or I read other people's write-ups and feel intimidated by how easy everything seems to be for them. the wider picture: what the challenge teaches us and how it relates to the real world. This will also contain links to additional sources that may be helpful but don't really fit in the challenge. I think this might be helpful for people outside cybersecurity or for when I half-remember something and want to reference it later. ...
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