GhostNet Academy

Learn to hack, legally — gamified cybersecurity training for students

About GhostNet Academy

Most cybersecurity education is lectures and slides. GhostNet Academy flips that: students learn by doing — capturing flags, owning nodes, and climbing levels in a browser-based hacking simulation. No installs, no VMs, no risk to real systems.
Built for Filipino students and schools, GhostNet Academy gamifies core security concepts (recon, exploitation, defense) into an XP-driven progression with a guided tutorial bot, so complete beginners can start hacking in minutes. Over 165 active players and growing. Free to play through Level 5, with school packages for classroom deployment.
Built by CyberTumbler (cybertumbler.net) — a security team that's been on both sides of an incident and teaches from scar tissue.

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Jay Lurker

Highly interactive and fun! I learnt to do basic encoding and decoding. 1337 / 10

Manuel Morales Maker

This is exactly what cybersecurity education needs! The hands-on, gamified approach makes learning feel like an adventure rather than a chore. Love that it's built specifically for Filipino students. Great work, CyberTumbler!

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This is a brilliant initiative. Moving away from theory-heavy lectures to practical, risk-free simulations is the future of cybersecurity training. The gamified XP system and guided bot are perfect for keeping beginners motivated. Excited to see this grow in Filipino schools!