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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Accesibility Features
July 29, 2026
Accesibility Features Operating systems ship with built-in accessibility tools meant to help users with disabilities. Things like Sticky Keys, the On-Screen Keyboard, and Magnifier are there for good…
Application Shimming
July 29, 2026
Application Shimming Application shimming is a Windows technique that was originally created for compatibility. It allows software to run even if it was built for older versions of the operating…
Dormant Malware
July 29, 2026
Dormant Malware Dormant malware is malicious code that sits quietly on a system and does nothing - until something wakes it up. That trigger could be a specific date, a user logging in, the system…
Dynamic Link Library Hijacking
July 29, 2026
Dynamic Link Library(DLL) Hijacking A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is a file that contains code and data that multiple programs can use at the same time. Think of it like a shared toolbox - instead of…
Logon Scripts
July 29, 2026
Logon Scripts Every time a user logs into a system, the OS can automatically run a set of scripts. These are called logon scripts , and they exist for legitimate reasons - pushing software, mapping…
Malicious Browser Plugins
July 29, 2026
Malicious Browser Plugins Browser plugins - also called extensions - are small pieces of software that add functionality to your browser. They can do a lot of useful things, like blocking ads or…
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