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Penetration Testing & Red Teaming

Educational Resource

CCSC-CTF-2020

A comprehensive collection of Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges from CCSC 2020 designed for hands-on learning in penetration testing, forensics, and exploitation.

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About This Tool

All challenges for the CCSC 2020 CTF

Primary Use Case

This repository serves as an educational resource for security enthusiasts, students, and professionals looking to practice and improve their skills in penetration testing, cryptography, forensics, and red teaming through real CTF challenges. Users can deploy isolated challenge environments using Docker to simulate realistic attack and defense scenarios.

Key Features

Includes diverse challenge categories: Crypto, Forensics, Pwn, Miscellaneous
Each challenge provides both public-facing files and setup files with flags and proof of concept
Supports isolated environment setup via Docker and Docker Compose
Challenges authored by multiple contributors with varying difficulty and point values
Detailed repository structure facilitating easy navigation and usage
Focus on exploitation, forensics, and red team tool skills
Includes scripts to build and host challenges ensuring environment consistency

Insights & Recommendations

It is recommended to use Docker and Docker Compose to run the challenges to maintain environment isolation and avoid dependency conflicts. Some challenges may run without Docker but using the containerized setup ensures consistency and security. This repository is intended for educational use and skill development rather than direct deployment in production environments.

Installation

Install Docker on your system
Install Docker Compose
Clone the repository from GitHub
Use the provided scripts to build and run challenges within Docker containers

Usage

docker-compose up

Starts the challenge environment containers ensuring isolation and proper setup

docker-compose down

Stops and removes the challenge environment containers

Smart Usage Notes

Ideal for hands-on red team training and skill development in exploitation and forensics.Can be integrated into purple team exercises to improve detection and response capabilities.Use Docker-based isolated environments to safely simulate attacks without impacting production.Leverage challenge scripts to build custom training scenarios tailored to organizational threat models.Combine with automated scoring platforms to track skill progression and identify knowledge gaps.