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.

<p><span class="ql-size-title">Welcome To </span></p><p><span class="ql-size-title">Free Lab Fridays</span></p>

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!

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Intro Class Labs B&B Card Labs SOC Analyst Labs Play B&B Competitive Online CTFs

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ACHunter2 Lab

July 29, 2026

Now, let's play with AC Hunter! Please go to You might be prompted by a warning stating that your connection isn't private. This is Okay . Simply click Advanced and then click Continue The creds are:…

Lab Advanced C2 Endpoint / Identity / AD deception PD-WRL-001 PD-WRL-006 OPM 511 OPM 141 CIS 13 CIS 13.6 TA0011 T1071

Advanced C2 PCAP Analysis Lab

July 29, 2026

This is a lab from John Strand 's Active Defense and Cyber Deception Course: https://www.antisyphontraining.com/product/active-defense-and-cyber-deception-with-john-strand/ Advanced C2 PCAP Analysis -…

C2 Basics PD-WRL-001 PD-WRL-007 OPM 511 OPM 541 CIS 13 TA0011 T1071

C2 - Basic Terminology & Theory

July 29, 2026

C2 Basic Terminology & Theory Before starting the hands-on C2 labs, we recommend reading this file first to become familiar with the basic terminology and theory behind C2 tools. Most of these terms…

Lab DNSChef DNS / Network tooling PD-WRL-001 IO-WRL-004 OPM 511 OPM 441 CIS 9 CIS 9.2 TA0006 T1557 TA0011 T1071

DNSChef

July 29, 2026

This is a lab from John Strand 's Active Defense and Cyber Deception Course: https://www.antisyphontraining.com/product/active-defense-and-cyber-deception-with-john-strand/ DNSChef For the Ubuntu VM…

C2 & Exfil DNS As C2 PD-WRL-001 PD-WRL-006 OPM 511 OPM 141 CIS 8 CIS 8.6 CIS 9 CIS 9.2 CIS 13 TA0011 T1071 T1572 TA0010 T1048

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…

CTF DNS As C2 PD-WRL-001 PD-WRL-006 OPM 511 OPM 141 CIS 8 CIS 8.6 CIS 9 CIS 9.2 CIS 13 TA0011 T1071 T1572 TA0010 T1048

Domain Name System As C2 CTF #3

October 19, 2026

Check out this CTF challenge from Troy Wojewoda’s webcast on January 22nd, 2026!

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Welcome To Free Lab Fridays

HOW IT WORKS

What If I Use All 2 Free Hours?

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Looking for something Specific?

ACHunter2 Lab

Advanced C2 PCAP Analysis Lab

C2 - Basic Terminology & Theory

DNSChef

Domain Name System As C2

Domain Name System As C2 CTF #3

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