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Advent of Cyber: Win Over $100,000 in Prizes!

This year’s Advent of Cyber has finally landed! Each day of this cyber security event leading up to Christmas, you'll face new byte-size challenges tailored to all skill levels, that will test and expand your cyber security knowledge.

Get ready to help McSkidy and the Glitch defend SOC-mas against the evil Mayor Malware’s plans!

What you’ll learn

This year’s Advent of Cyber will walk you through (and challenge you on) many new and existing topics! This includes:

  • Penetration testing
  • Cloud security
  • Log analysis
  • DFIR
  • Web application pentesting
  • OPSEC failures
  • AWS log analysis
  • Game hacking
  • Certificate mismanagement
  • And much more!

Guided with daily walkthroughs

Every daily task features a walkthrough video created by some of your favourite content creators in our field, including:

0day, UnixGuy, Gerald Auger, Tyler Ramsbey, Bearded I.T. Dad, Day Cyberwox, Marcus Hutchins, David Alves, InsiderPHD, Tib3rius, KevTech, Cyb3rMaddy, and more!

Win over $100,000 in prizes!

This year is our biggest and best prize draw yet, with over $100,000 worth of prizes to be won! For a full list of prizes you could win, check out our Christmas page.

To qualify for the main prizes, you must answer questions in the daily Advent of Cyber 2024 challenges! And if your knowledge is advanced, you can take on this year’s Side Quest, which will increase your chances of winning our huge $100,000 prize draw!

Celebrate with friends

Why keep all the fun to yourself? Share the cheer and let your friends, colleagues, and current or potential employers know that you’re stepping up to the challenge!



Advent of Cyber for Business: Getting involved as a team

Challenge your team in this year's Advent of Cyber, with cyber security exercises released every day leading up to Christmas.  

This year, we also invite your team to take on our Side Quest, which features advanced challenges suitable for cyber professionals. With over $100,000 worth of prizes up for grabs, your team has every reason to get involved in the fun!

If you’re on our Business plan, you’ll be able to:

Compete as a team

During December, you and your team will be able to compete against each other for Advent of Cyber points on your Workspace. Complete the main challenge room and Side Quest to gain points!

Gain free licences

Invite your teammates to join in! Throughout December 2024, we’ll automatically add 10 free licenses to your dashboard.

Win prizes

The more questions your team answer individually, the higher their chances of winning from our $100,000 prize draw!

Ben Spring
Dec 1, 2024

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