The Advent of Cyber 4 was my first Advent Challenge and quite fun. It teaches valuable knowledge and skills in various areas of cybersecurity (and even cheat engines).
It covers things From basic concepts like network reconnaissance and scanning to more advanced topics such as privilege escalation and exploit development. Each challenge expanded my understanding and had a small "aha" effect. Overall I would say The "Advent of Cyber 4" was a fun challenge and a great way for beginners to break into the world of cyber security and I therefore highly recommend it to anyone interested in enhancing their cybersecurity skills!
If you need a quick overview what was covered here is a list of all Tasks:
Task 2 Short Tutorial & Rules
Task 3 Our Socials
Task 4 Subscribing, TryHackMe for Business & Christmas Swag!
Task 5 Nightmare Before Elfmas - The Story
Task 6 [Day 1] Frameworks Someone's coming to town!
Task 7 [Day 2] Log Analysis Santa's Naughty & Nice Log
Task 8 [Day 3] OSINT Nothing escapes detective McRed
Task 9 [Day 4] Scanning Scanning through the snow
Task 10 [Day 5] Brute-Forcing He knows when you're awake
Task 11 [Day 6] Email Analysis It's beginning to look a lot like phishing
Task 12 [Day 7] CyberChef Maldocs roasting on an open fire
Task 13 [Day 8] Smart Contracts Last Christmas I gave you my ETH
Task 14 [Day 9] Pivoting Dock the halls
Task 15 [Day 10] Hack a game You're a mean one, Mr. Yeti
Task 16 [Day 11] Memory Forensics Not all gifts are nice
Task 17 [Day 12] Malware Analysis Forensic McBlue to the REVscue!
Task 18 [Day 13] Packet Analysis Simply having a wonderful pcap time
Task 19 [Day 14] Web Applications I'm dreaming of secure web apps
Task 20 [Day 15] Secure Coding Santa is looking for a Sidekick
Task 21 [Day 16] Secure Coding SQLi’s the king, the carolers sing
Task 22 [Day 17] Secure Coding Filtering for Order Amidst Chaos
Task 23 [Day 18] Sigma Lumberjack Lenny Learns New Rules
Task 24 [Day 19] Hardware Hacking Wiggles go brrr
Task 25 [Day 20] Firmware Binwalkin’ around the Christmas tree
Task 26 [Day 21] MQTT Have yourself a merry little webcam
Task 27 [Day 22] Attack Surface Reduction Threats are failing all around me
Task 28 [Day 23] Defence in Depth Mission ELFPossible: Abominable for a Day
Task 29 [Day 24] Feedback Ho, ho, ho, the survey's short