Announcements
All platform updates and challenge drops
2026-05-28 — 4 New Challenges Deployed
4 fresh challenges are live!
~ Second Life (Web, Moderate, 150 XP) — An enterprise note-keeping app with trusting session handling
~ Photo Finish (Web, Hard, 200 XP) — A merch store with a single-use coupon. Or is it?
~ Black Box (Misc, Moderate, 150 XP) — A mysterious scoring interface. Can you figure out what it knows?
~ Fence Post (Pwn, Moderate, 150 XP) — A secure vault with a custom input function
First blood bonus available on all 4!
~ UI refresh: cleaner color palette, less visual noise, improved navigation
2026-03-03 — Platform Update: Labs & Scoring
~ Web Challenges Are Live: 5 interactive web labs dropped!
~ Binary Exploitation (Pwn): 1 pwn challenge updated and 2 new ones deployed
~ XP Rebalance & Hint Improvements: All existing solves have been retroactively recalculated
~ UI Polish: Navigation, footer, and typography cleaned up for a better reading experience
2026-01-23 — New Challenge: Verification Required (Forensics)
A social engineering attack. A memory dump. Multiple layers and decoys.
~ Memory Forensics
~ Difficulty: 4/5 (Hard)
~ XP: 200 (+ first blood)
Find the right artifact. Don't fall for the traps. Good luck!
2026-01-10 — New Drop: Forensics
5 forensics challenges just landed.
~ Memory Forensics (2)
~ Network Forensics (3)
Hunt the artifacts. Trace the attackers. First blood bonuses available.
2026-01-01 — We're Live!
HackForge is officially open!
18 challenges ready to play:
~ Crypto (11)
~ Reverse (6)
~ Pwn (1)
More challenges and categories coming soon. Happy hacking, and happy New Year!