Welcome to the AttackBox!

Overview

Room URL: https://tryhackme.com/room/adventofcyberpreptrack
Difficulty: Easy
Category: Prep
Date Completed: 12/1/2025

Objective

Find and read the hidden welcome message inside your AttackBox.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Walk Through
Lessons Learned
Resources

Introduction

You enter TBFC's AttackBox, a secure virtual training environment designed for hands-on cybersecurity practice. Mastering the command line in this safe sandbox is your first step toward becoming a skilled defender.

Walk Through

1. Click the view site button to load the virtual attack environment
2. Use ls to view files
3. Use cd to move to the challenges directory
   1. cd challenges
4. Use ls to view files in the challenges directory
5. Use cat to view the contentents of welcome.txt
   1. cat welcome.txt

Lessons Learned

• Learned basic Linux commands: ls (list files), cd (change directory), and cat (view file contents)
• Successfully navigated the AttackBox virtual environment to locate and read the welcome message

Resources

TryHackMe