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