Welcome To
Free Lab Fridays
Free Lab Fridays is an initiative started by
Black Hills Information Security, Antisyphon Training, and their partner, MetaCTF
This initiative has a simple goal: Education for All.

HOW IT WORKS
Looking for a place to safely complete all of the labs you see?
Free Lab Fridays has the answer.
By providing your email at the link below, you will receive a special code that will grant you 2 HOURS of access to a meticulously crafted lab environment,
hosted on MetaCTF’s CloudLab platform.
On this platform, you will be able to spin up a snapshotted instance of a virtual machine that has everything you will need to complete all 200+ labs,
and the best part? It's all accessible with the click of a button.
One VM. Unlimited Capability.
What If I Use All 2 Free Hours?
Don’t worry! Come back next Friday,
and you’ll get another 2 VM Lab HOURS, for Free!
Please Note: Stacking Hours is NOT possible!
Looking for something Specific?
Browse through our Lab Database
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Backround Intelligent Transfer Service As Exfil
July 29, 2026
Backround Intelligent Transfer Service(BITS) As Exfil BITS is a built-in Windows service that was designed to transfer files in the background - think Windows Update downloads, or software patches…
Cloud Based Services As Exfil
July 29, 2026
Cloud-Based Services as Exfil Once an attacker is inside a network, they need to get the data out. The problem for them is that moving files to some unknown server in another country tends to raise…
Domain Fronting As C2
July 29, 2026
Domain Fronting as C2 Once an attacker has a foothold inside a network, they need a way to communicate with their tools remotely. That communication channel is called Command and Control , or C2. The…
Domain Name System As C2
July 29, 2026
Domain Name System(DNS) As C2 Every device on the internet needs DNS to function. It's the protocol that translates domain names like into IP addresses your computer can actually connect to. Because…
HTTP As Exfil
July 29, 2026
HTTP As Exfil HTTP exfiltration happens when an attacker uses normal web traffic to move stolen data out of a compromised system. Instead of using obvious malicious channels, they blend into regular…
HTTPS As Exfil
July 29, 2026
HTTPS As Exfil Once an attacker is inside a system, they need to get the data out. The obvious problem: the network is being watched. Firewalls block weird ports. Security tools flag unusual traffic.…
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