⚠️!!SPOILERS IN COMMENTS!!⚠️ ⚠️!!SPOILERS IN COMMENTS!!⚠️ ⚠️!!SPOILERS IN COMMENTS!!⚠️ 🔑 KEY RULE: Upload your answer in PDF only, raw spoilers will be deleted. _____ Challenge starts below this line of text. ===== You've just gained access to a compromised server during an authorized pen-test. Buried in the logs is a stream of suspicious strings. Some are passwords packed with numbers, others are usernames made of letters, and some are junk. Before you can crack anything, you need to triage each string fast. Your job is to write a function, digits_or_letters(s), that classifies each intercepted string: - Return "digits" if the string contains more digits than letters. - Return "letters" if it contains more letters than digits. - Return "tie" if the counts are equal. Rules of engagement: - Digits are 0-9 - Letters are a-z, upper or lower case - Everything else (spaces, symbols, special characters) is noise. Ignore it. HERE'S YOUR TERMINAL Your code should pass all the tests: 1. digits_or_letters("abc123") should return "tie". 2. digits_or_letters("a1b2c3d") should return "letters". 3. digits_or_letters("1a2b3c4") should return "digits". 4. digits_or_letters("abc123!@#DEF") should return "letters". 5. digits_or_letters("H3110 W0R1D") should return "digits". 6. digits_or_letters("P455W0RD") should return "tie". ===== Goodluck. ~ aScriptKiddie

Found this video debunking myths on VPNs. In this video, you'll learn what a VPN actually does, why "HTTPS already encrypts everything" doesn't mean a VPN is useless, and how your ISP can still see the sites you visit even with secure DNS. We get into what "no-logs" really means and how to verify a provider you can actually trust, why a VPN can NOT make you invisible, and where a VPN genuinely shines: the metadata it hides, the dedicated IP that protects you from DDoS and swatting, and the all-in-one security stuff. Thought you might find it helpful.

ASCII is a system computers use to turn text into numbers. It uses (0's and 1's) in groups of 7. Which allows for 128 different numbers, from 0 to 127. Each number stands for a specific letter, digit, or symbol. ⚠️WARNING: SPOILERS IN COMMENTS⚠️ Have your answer ready before reading the comments. That way you can compare your thinking to others', even if you land on the same right answer. Challenge starts below this line of text. ===== Using the below integer array, convert the numbers to their corresponding ASCII characters to obtain a flag. [99, 114, 121, 112, 116, 111, 123, 65, 83, 67, 73, 73, 95, 112, 114, 49, 110, 116, 52, 98, 108, 51, 125] I want you to find the answer using a programming language of your choice. Don't forget to take a screenshot of your code revealing the answer and explaining the logic behind your code. HERE'S YOUR TERMINAL PS: I changed the terminal to give you more options of what programming language you prefer to use, just select from the menu bar to choose your arena. ===== Goodluck. ~ ascriptkiddie

Today, I have few words. All I want to see are your ethical hacking skills. ⚠️WARNING⚠️ - Spoilers in the comment section, if I was you I would have my answer prepared to copy/paste before looking at how other people answered this to see the difference in your thinking even with the same right answer. Challenge starts below this line of text. ===== While poking around a deliberately vulnerable machine, you find a hidden file tucked in a forgotten directory. Inside is a single cryptic string, like someone left a clue: aGVsbG93b3JsZDEx Your goal is to: 1. Decode it. What's the plain text hiding underneath, and how did you crack it open? 2. Identify the encoding. What clues (character set, length) told you what type of encoding it is? 3. Explain why it's not a hash, even though it looks random. ===== Goodluck ~ ascriptkiddie

So I'm going to take on a challenge of learning more coding languages, currently on my list is Rust. I do have experience in python and if anyone has good resources to learn coding languages feel free to reach out.