Join in the festive cybersecurity fun

Sponsored announcement for the 2024 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge (Snow-maggedon), a progressive set of gamified cybersecurity exercises running Nov 7–Jan 3 with additional releases on Nov 11, Nov 18, and Dec 2; participants can choose easy/hard modes, skip and revisit challenges, track progress via a live scoreboard, form cohorts to compete with peers, and vie for prizes including a free SANS OnDemand course and NetWars Continuous subscription. Topics include ransomware reverse engineering, hardware hacking, mobile app testing, web app hacking with MQTT, video feed manipulation, KQL-based threat hunting, OSINT from drone path analysis, and PowerShell for defense, with links to more information and signup.