As part of my Maldev Academy sub, there are challenges included. The first one I've tackled is easily the simplest, with the objective of writing a Killswitch to check if a domain is active, and return a statement depending on the domain registration state. Code similar to this
certification
29 May 2025 - Update - The course has been updated, including smaller and more objective based labs rather than one environment, updated coursework, and a new exam, with no cost for exam retakes AND lab time. I will be updating/rewriting this when I have completed the new coursework
vulnlab
Reset is an easy level Linux box on VulnLab, a vulnerable machine platform much like HackTheBox, but smaller and with more realistic scenarios. VulnLab features standalone machines, to machine chains generally of about 3 machines, to large red team labs, and encourages public walkthroughs and solutions of their machines (besides
hackthebox
Cicada is an easy level Windows box on Hack The Box, part of season 6 this box sees an attacker leveraging anonymous access to an SMB share to harvest credentials, from there this process is looped through a few times until a privilege can be exploited to gain Administrator access.