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
224 items
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…
Access Token Manipulation
July 29, 2026
Access Token Manipulation When you log into a system, it does not keep asking for your password on every request. Instead, it gives you a token - a small piece of data that says "this person is…

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:…
Active Defense And Cyber Deception
July 29, 2026
Active Defense and Cyber Deception Active defense and cyber deception focus on guiding attackers into controlled environments instead of only trying to block them. Defenders create systems that look…

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 -…
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…
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