Learn to HACK for FREE with pwn.college by Arizona State University
pwn.college is an education platform for students (and other interested parties) to learn about, and practice, core cybersecurity concepts in a hands-on fashion. In martial arts terms, it is designed to take a “white belt” in cybersecurity through the journey to becoming a “blue belt”, able to approach (simple) cybersecurity competitions (CTFs) and wargames.
The platform is maintained by an awesome team of hackers at Arizona State University. It powers much of ASU’s cybersecurity curriculum, and is open, for free, to participation for interested people around the world!
Computing at its core.
pwn.college teaches cybersecurity by diving deep into the core of computing, using that journey to convey cybersecurity to the learner. This will involve melding your mind to your terminal, whispering instructions to the CPU, and strumming bits directly onto networks. That terminal cursor blinking above? It will be your stalwart companion through this adventure as you practice and, eventually, make perfect.
Enjoy your journey! If you have comments, suggestions, and feedback, please email us at [email protected]!
Ground Rules
The challenges created for pwn.college are, first and foremost, educational material, and are used to grade students at universities around the world. Because of this, we would appreciate that you do not post writeups, walkthrough videos, and livestreams of challenge solutions to the internet. Obviously, we can’t enforce this, but we worked hard to make all of this public, and we would appreciate your help in keeping pwn.college a viable educational platform.
Getting Started — Learn the Basics!
The material on pwn.college is split into a number of “dojos”, with each dojo typically covering a high-level topic. These first few dojos are designed to help you Get Started with the platform. Start here before venturing onwards!
Note: if you run into problems with concepts and challenges, you can get help on our discord server. The discord is also a great place to chat with other aspiring hackers!
