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Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

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Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#21

Post by shawabawa3 »

Hackbraten wrote: post #15
eloeffler wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Hackbraten, maintainer here. Thanks for the feedback and sorry you didn't find the password! We're considering to add a uhs-hints.com-style guide in the future. Here's a hint with another hint included: https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

Thank you for your reply. How would I be able to read the calendar? Is there a minimum resolution to play this game?

if you click the calendar it zooms in....sometimes

The UI is really bugged, try clicking all over the calendar, it should eventually zoom in

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#22

Post by tda »

shawabawa3 wrote: post #17
eloeffler wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hint is here :) https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

The click action is bugged - I clicked the mug 5 times and it didn't do anything, 6th time it turned around Also took me a while to figure out the calendar zoomed in because it didn't work the first few times Is there a way of finding out the format in the game? I would never have tried that

Yep, bugged me too. Looked at the js source to see what clicked items I missed. Then guessing the password was a lot easier. Also trying the cheaphash function in the console was a lot faster than entering then keep reentering the username. The hash function result is very length dependent, so it was quite clear how long of a password I was looking for.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#23

Post by eloeffler »

Hackbraten wrote: post #15
eloeffler wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Hackbraten, maintainer here. Thanks for the feedback and sorry you didn't find the password! We're considering to add a uhs-hints.com-style guide in the future. Here's a hint with another hint included: https://txt.fyi/-/20336/e86ca3bf/

Thank you for your reply. How would I be able to read the calendar? Is there a minimum resolution to play this game?

I had to make another account because my other one is too new and got blocked for posting too fast \o/

The calendar should be clickable and it should then be readable. But I've just tested and there seems to be a glitch that makes it hard to click.

Try to click on the black lines! I'll fix this soon as possible.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#25

Post by eloeffler2 »

Raphmedia wrote: post #19

It's pretty nice! I just wish there was a button to zoom out, this got me confused at first and I refreshed the browser thinking it was a glitch. The desk has a + button to zoom, surely you could leave it there at all time and add a - button next to it. Otherwise, great job!

Good point. The controls need better alignment. I had some trouble with the svg zoom and pan stuff and I was trying to stay away from using too many frameworks so the solution is still a bit buggy.

Taking this to the list of to-dos

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#27

Post by eloeffler2 »

illuminated wrote: post #20
eloeffler wrote: post #16

Hi, I'm the maintainer and put together the code for this first working prototype of the digital version of the game. Thanks already for your feedback! I will gladly provide hints here if you get stuck :) Many thanks also to atum47, whose FOS, Fake Operating System I've used for the game. You can find it here: https://github.com/victorqribeiro/fos We have developed the game at the University of Applied Sciences and A…

How one interacts with the game? I see the drawn room but clicking anything there (folder, basket, cup, etc.) does nothing at all...

Which browser are you using? We had some problems with Firefox displaying SVG graphics a little differently but it appeared to be working now.

You should be able to click many of the objects (e.g. the cup) to zoom in.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

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Post by illuminated »

eloeffler2 wrote: post #27
illuminated wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How one interacts with the game? I see the drawn room but clicking anything there (folder, basket, cup, etc.) does nothing at all...

Which browser are you using? We had some problems with Firefox displaying SVG graphics a little differently but it appeared to be working now. You should be able to click many of the objects (e.g. the cup) to zoom in.

Latest Firefox on Mac... Will try with another browser. If you need any help in tracing the issue, I'll send you the console output.

Re: Virtual Cybersecurity Escape Room

#30

Post by eloeffler »

growt wrote: post #28

I won! I had to get the bank account number from the JS source however :)

I would say that is equivalent to asking Marwin. So you pass :)

In fact, this is a welcome solution to the game. When used as an educational tool, this can be used as a starting point to discuss ways to bypass intended ways of accessing something.

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