CTF 201: Advanced Web Exploits for Cyber Competitions

About this course

Updated: Jan. 13th, 2025 - Challenge downloads have been split up into zip files for each lecture so you don't have to redownload the entire course worth each time there is an update.The cybersecurity industry is one of the most rapidly-changing today, and practitioners needs to be able to keep up. Learning new skills and techniques is vital to staying up-to-date with trends that can make the difference between advancement in your career, or possibly missing out. Thousands of hackers around the globe have discovered the power of gamifying their learning experience by taking part in cyber competitions. They are constantly sharpening their skills against each other in a test of wits that often also has a positive effect on their work performance as well. However, for beginners, it may seem difficult to learn how to actually get started in the realm of cyber competitions.As an advanced CTF University course, CTF 201 will expand on the lessons taught in the lower-level CTF 101 course, and focus specifically on the Web category. Cybersecurity expert and US Cyber Team CTF Coach Jacob Elliott will lead you through lessons in common web exploits, categorized by OWASP Top 10, that you can expect to apply in cyber competitions as well as as a web app pentester on the job. Content will be added regularly with new example challenges and walkthroughs that you can follow along with to apply the skills that you learn in the course.

Course objectives

• expand on lessons from CTF 101
• prepare for cyber competitions
• improve practical skills for web app pentesting