So, I haven’t been playing HTB for quite sometime, and I finally had some motivation (or mood) to try out some boxes. So here is my writeup for the HTB seasonal machine: PermX.

This year, wargames is filled with very interesting challenges. As for this miscellaneous challenge - Splice, it’s a more lighthearted challenge as compared to the other brain-cells consuming challenges. The challenge is to recover 2 QR code that are removed at the middle of the QR image.

The ASCIS CTF is an annual Vietnam CTF challenge that many teams from ASEAN countries will participate. This year, the CTF consists of 3 rounds, Warmup Round which requires teams to at least solve 1 challenge to proceed with the next round; Semi-Finals, and 2 different Finals, in which top20 overall teams will be playing Attack and Defense CTF, while the remaining teams continue the Jeopardy CTF.

Petronas CTF 2023 is a local CTF organized by Petroliam Nasional Berhad Malaysia. The CTF was held on 9th and 10th October 2023, in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center for 2 days with an elimination round and a top 25 final round. The challenges were quite interesting and majority are great quality challenge. In this web challenge, a featureless website was provided.

SKR CTF is a good platform to practice CTF challenges and test out cybersecurity knowledge. The challenge done is a medium level web challenge called Kuki Bank.