#275: David Bombal: Best CTF

The best CTFs (Capture the Flags)? How do you get practical experience?

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0:00​ ⏩ I get bored with theory!

0:40​ ⏩ Why can this not be fun?

0:59​ ⏩ What are capture the flags (vlunhub)?

1:55​ ⏩ How is vlunhub different to hackthebox?

3:03​ ⏩ Hacking gymnasium

5:15​ ⏩ Which is the best capture the flag?

6:30​ ⏩ Try harder vs mentorship

8:00​ ⏩ Tryhackme

8:48​ ⏩ vulnhub

9:25​ ⏩ There are many labs to try out

10:20​ ⏩ vulnhub difficulty

11:00​ ⏩ What are the prerequisites to get into hacking

12:28​ ⏩ Don't be the j$%k

13:10​ ⏩ We all started at zero

13:40​ ⏩ What is the level of knowledge that I need?

15:00​ ⏩ Crazy long journeys

15:40​ ⏩ There is a reason that we have certifications

17:18​ ⏩ I highly recommend programming (bash, python, C or something)

19:03​ ⏩ Do you need to be a developer?

20:10​ ⏩ It is extremely helpful

Previous video: youtu.be/7BaYLX1MYBQ​

Another part of the interview with Daniel: youtu.be/fbxP2nI3bt8​

In this video I ask Daniel a lot of questions about the best CTFs: hackthebox, tryhackme, vulnhub and others. Which one is the best for beginners? What about this try harder mentality? Do you need to learn programming? What is prerequisite knowledge?

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