
CertCTF 2025
CertCTF 2025 I had the pleasure of participating in CertCTF, organized as part of a bachelor’s thesis in digital forensics at Halmstad University in collaboration with MSB and CERT-SE. As someone who had never “competed” in a CTF before but had worked through various Hack The Box, TryHackMe, and OverTheWire challenges, CertCTF was incredibly fun and educational. I also took the opportunity to document the flags I managed to collect. Below is a quick and braindump I compiled during the event. Unfortunately, I didn’t capture all the flags I had hoped for, but I’m satisfied with placing 11th out of 61 participants. Not bad for a first time! 😉 ...