Cipher Cracking for Cybersecurity

Many believe that a key skill for cybersecurity professionals is the ability to solve complex puzzles. So here’s a few for you to solve [PDF Version]:

1.Where would you find the alphabet of “123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMN PQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz”? [Hint: Count the number of characters, and it’s a “Base”.]

2. Which football team is this:

QNAJWUTTQ

3. Which amazing city is this (hint):

%65%64%69%6E%62%75%72%67%68

4. Which message would Mary Queen of Scots send with this (hint):

6. For the Pigpen message below. What is the word (hint)?

7. For the semaphore message, what is the limb that is referenced (hint):

8. For the Knight’s Templar Cipher, what is the organ that is referred to in the cipher (hint):

9. Name the limb (hint):

10. Someone scrawled this on the wall, what does it say (hint):

11. A monk has drawn this symbol, what is the value (hint):

12. The monk has also drawn some triangles on a wall, what does it say (hint):

13. You speak to a Navajo Native American, and he writes down (hint):

Dibeh Moashi Wol-la-chee Nesh-chee…