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Start your cybersecurity journey here — whether you’re brand new or levelling up.
125 interactive lessons with real terminals, story-driven challenges, and a Kali Linux playground with your own AI hacking mentor in your browser.

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125 Interactive Lessons
11 Hands-on Labs
3 Learning Paths
8 Story Experiences

How It Works

No installs. No setup. No experience needed. Just open your browser and start learning.

1

Pick Your Starting Point

New to cybersecurity? Start with a learning path. Already have some skills? Jump straight into a story-driven experience or the Kali Linux playground.

2

Learn by Doing

Every lesson runs in a real terminal in your browser. Type real commands, write real code, and see the results instantly — at your own pace.

3

Prove Your Skills

Apply what you’ve learned in timed challenges, interactive scenarios, and real-world simulations. Compete on leaderboards and track your progress.

Learning Paths

Structured routes from complete beginner to confident practitioner. Every lesson is free.

Experiences

Story-driven cybersecurity challenges. Learn skills through real scenarios, not slideshows.

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Cretaceous Catastrophe

Beginner

A T-Rex is escaping containment after a power failure. Diagnose the network, fix the firewall rules, and restore the electric fences before the keeper becomes lunch.

iptables ping curl nmap
Real Docker containers · Live networking
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Matrix Hunt

Beginner

A hidden file is buried deep in the system. Navigate the file system, use search tools, and submit the secret code before the clock runs out. Compete on the leaderboard.

find grep cat navigation
Timer · Leaderboard · Competitive
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Lost in Linux

Beginner

A stickman trapped inside the terminal claims to be you. Help them find scattered fragments of their identity and guide them home through the file system.

cd ls cat exploration
Narrative-driven · Animated
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Arcanum City

Beginner

A digital city has gone dark. Restore it district by district — assign IP addresses, configure subnets, set gateways, and bring the network back online.

IP addressing Subnetting Routing NAT
Interactive city map · Visual networking
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Signal from the Shelter

Beginner

In a post-apocalyptic shelter, a damaged computer is the only way to call for help. Identify and assemble hardware components onto a motherboard to send the signal.

CPU RAM Motherboard Hardware
Drag & drop · Hardware assembly
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Countdown to Extinction

Beginner

Your rocket’s liveness cron job has failed twice. Fix the broken cron, permissions, crashed service, and corrupted logs before the third check triggers self-destruct.

cron permissions services logs
Live environment · Timed
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The Web Untangled

Beginner

A defence contractor’s website has been compromised by the Weavers hacker group. Investigate the source code, HTTP traffic, cookies, and hidden endpoints to trace the full attack chain.

HTTP cookies source code OSINT
Web investigation · Forensics
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The Last Transmission

Beginner

A coronal mass ejection has crippled the research vessel Meridian. Write a bash script from scratch to restore five critical systems and transmit a distress signal before power runs out.

bash scripting vi loops
Live container · Write real code

Kali Linux in Your Browser

Get your own sandboxed Kali Linux desktop — full GUI, real tools, vulnerable target machines. Practice penetration testing without installing anything.

  • Full Kali Linux desktop via noVNC
  • Pre-configured vulnerable targets to attack
  • ArcanumAI — a built-in hacking mentor that guides you step-by-step through attacks
  • Sandboxed environment — break things safely
  • No setup, no VMs, no installs
ArcanumAI

ArcanumAI: Nice — three targets to tear apart.

ArcanumAI: Let's start by identifying services.

Try: nmap -sV 10.10.1.20

 

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└─$ nmap -sV 10.10.1.20

PORT    STATE SERVICE VERSION

21/tcp open  ftp    vsftpd 2.3.4

80/tcp open  http   Apache 2.2.8

 

ArcanumAI: Oh hell yes — that vsftpd

  version is famously backdoored!

  Let me show you how to exploit it…

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