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Taking an "entry level" CIA test

Taking an "entry level" CIA test

Source: YouTube · Bog · published Aug 22, 2025 · 29:14

Penetration Testing
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The creator attempts a 45-minute binary hacking challenge, successfully decoding a flag in seconds, highlighting the vast gap between their self-assessed skill and the task's difficulty 0:00.

Key Takeaways:
• The video begins with the creator acknowledging a previous failure and setting a goal to complete this specific "easy" test within the promised 45-minute timeframe 0:00.
• The first challenge involves converting binary code, which the creator solves almost instantly using a binary translator, demonstrating immediate success 0:25.
• Subsequent steps introduce Morse code and other numerical patterns, requiring the user to identify the correct encoding method before decoding 0:35.

This summary captures the initial rapid progress of a cybersecurity puzzle that may prove more complex than its title suggests.

Sources:

  • 0:00 Introduction and context of the hacking test.
  • 0:25 Binary conversion and flag capture.
  • 0:35 Identification of Morse code and other encoded elements.

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This is an easy hacking test. In the previous video, I did an easy hacking test and it didn't go very well. I want to see if I can do this one. It's supposed to take 45 minutes. Last time it said 45 minutes. It took me 7 hours. Translate, shift, and decode. The following answers are all case sensitive. Can you capture the flag? Can you capture the flag? Submit. Okay, that was easy. This is binary. So I just go into binary translator and convert. Let's try some binary out. Okay, correct. Pretty easy so far. What is this? There's also this one next and a bunch of numbers that I haven't seen as well. Oh, this is Bryley. I know this one. Is it Bryley? Wait, this is not even it. This is Morse code. What am I doing? This is Oh, whoops. Morse code translator. Wait, why is it not giving me Do I pl…