Resources for Solving Challenges

This is a non-exhaustive list of helpful tools, programs, and website that may be able to assist with solving some of the challenges featured in this contest. Resources have been broken down by category.

Crypto

• dcode.fr; encoding/decoding data w/ large variety of cipher formats available
• CyberChef; processing encoded/encrypted data (try the Magic tool!)
• Boxentriq cipher identifier; tool to identify encoding/encryption
• RsaCtfTool; program to assist with breaking RSA

Forensics

• Aperi'Solve; online image analysis
• exiftool; file metadata analysis

OSINT (open source intelligence)

• Google dork cheatsheet; list of tags/symbols/settings for advanced Google searches

Scripting

• Replit; write and run code in a variety of languages from your browser
• pwntools; Python library to assist with solving CTF challenges