: The archive contains the framework for a story involving the Quantalabs corporation. Players take on "contracts" to infiltrate various experimental networks and uncover corporate conspiracies [4, 6].
: Beyond attacking, players must secure their own virtual systems. This includes setting up firewalls , monitoring logs for intruders, and managing hardware resources to prevent others from tracing your IP [2, 5].
: The game uses authentic concepts like SQL injection , buffer overflows , and network scanning [2, 4]. Unlike "hollywood" hacking games, you use a terminal to run scripts and manual commands to exploit vulnerabilities [3, 6].