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Dallen Sadru
Dallen Sadru

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🖤 OPERATION VANTABLACK — Free Digital Forensics CTF 🖤

Ever wondered what real cybersecurity investigation actually feels like?
AstralGuard is running a free, open Capture The Flag challenge — a hands-on forensics mystery where you investigate a "routine" file that's hiding a lot more than it looks.

What you'll actually practice:
✅ Real digital forensics techniques
✅ Investigation & analytical thinking
✅ Tools used by actual security analysts
✅ Problem-solving under a real challenge, not a tutorial

Who's it for?
Students, security beginners, hobbyists, working professionals — anyone curious enough to try. No CTF experience needed. No entry fee. No team required.

What you get:
📌 Practical, resume-worthy skills
📌 Bragging rights + leaderboard recognition
📌 A genuinely fun way to learn forensics by doing it, not reading about it

👉 Full details & registration: https://ctf.astralguard.online/events/operation-vantablack
Free. Open. Yours to solve.
See you on the leaderboard. 🕵️‍♂️

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