In this hands-on investigation for the EC-Council Hackerverse CTF Competition (Digital Forensics & Incident Response Track), I analyzed malware artifacts, reversed custom ransomware logic, performed memory forensics, and recovered encrypted browser credentials.

Most teams reach for ClickUp, Jira, Linear or Plane to manage their work. We built our own small task board instead. Here is what we made, why, and what we got out of it.

Every production web application faces constant automated reconnaissance. Attackers run script bots across the internet 24/7, hunting for misconfigured servers, forgotten .env files, or unpatched CMS installations.