CLOSED BETA

:: PLAY HARD. HACK HARDER.

Play hard.
Hack harder.

Hacking practice that feels like the game you can't put down. Story-driven missions, characters who remember what you did, and a rig that grows alongside you — all from your browser, no setup required.

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[ YOUR RIG :: LIVE PREVIEW ]

TERMINAL :: OPERATION LONG ECHO :: ARC 3

operator@nightrange:~/ops/long-echo$ nmap -sV 10.0.0.12
Starting Nmap 7.94 ...
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 8.2
80/tcp open http Apache 2.4.41
3306/tcp open mysql MySQL 5.7.32
operator@nightrange:~/ops/long-echo$ _

No install. No VM. No VPN. Just a browser.

4.8 million

unfilled cyber roles worldwide.

The talent pipeline isn't broken. The way we train people is.
That's why we built NightRange.

Source: ISC2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study — ~4.8M unfilled roles globally, 19% YoY, against an active workforce of 5.5M.

[ CHOOSE YOUR PATH ]

OPERATORS

For Individuals

Build your rig. Run your first op. Grow at your own pace.

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FOR TEAMS

For Business

Your team knows the concepts. We make them combat-ready.

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[ INTEL DROP :: THE RANGE ]

Tutorials

CTF

PvE Campaigns

Sprint Races

Blue Team

Red Team

NIGHTRANGE :: TUTORIAL :: ARC 1 :: SCENE 4

MENTOR [ECHO]: Let's talk about what you just found.

// Port 3306 is open. MySQL. That's your vector.

TASK: Enumerate the database.

operator@nr:~/tutorial$ mysql -h 10.0.0.12 -u root -p

Enter password: ████████

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.

mysql> show databases;

▶ FLAG AVAILABLE :: ARC 1 COMPLETE

Tutorials

Learn by doing — mentor-guided tutorials that build the skills you'll put to the test everywhere else on the range.

→ Mentor NPCs guide every step

→ Real tools, real terminal, real flags

→ Skills carry into every other mode

→ No experience required to start

[ CLOSED BETA TESTERS SAY ]

"Didn't expect to care about an NPC in a hacking platform."

— OPERATOR_3FA

"The rig persisting across sessions is the killer feature."

— R00TKIT

"Finally feels like progress, not a checklist."

— NULLBYTE

[ FAQ ]

What is NightRange in one sentence? −

A premium narrative cybersecurity training platform - a cinematic cyber range where every challenge sits inside a story.

What is a Realm? +

A self-contained narrative arc with multi-container labs you spawn from your rig. Each Realm has its own NPCs, story scenes, and per-challenge state. Realms are solo, not team-based. They are persistent: your progress carries across sessions.

What is the rig? +

The desktop-in-the-browser environment every player gets at login. Real terminal, real tools, real per-player labs. No install, no VM image, no VPN. Your handle, loadout, and progress carry across every operation.

What's a Sprint Race? +

Solo time-attacks, live concurrent events, team relays, and bracket tournaments. Race the clock and the field. Sprint Races run on a schedule alongside the persistent ops; leaderboards publish at the end of each window.

What's a Bounty? +

World-boss events: one shot, one loadout, fixed window. Standard bounties run to a deadline with multiple winners. Nightmare bounties close platform-wide on first blood. Hall of Fame is permanent.

What's the Codex? +

The canon index of every recurring character across NightRange operations. Voiced NPCs, scene appearances, lore entries. Your profile tracks every character you've met in-world across every op you've run.

Why a closed beta? +

We're calibrating difficulty curves, hint economy, and the rig provisioning pipeline against early players. Once those are stable, registration opens to the public.

How do I get in? +

Closed beta is invite-only via NaClCon. Pick up a card at the conference and redeem it at naclcon.nightrange.io . On June 4, 2026 (two days after NaClCon ends), the full platform unlocks for every account that redeemed a NaClCon card. Open beta (public registration with no card required) will be announced later.

Is the platform open-source? +

The platform runtime is closed-source. Authored content (NPC voice clips, scene scripts) is released under creator-specific licenses tied to each CTF or Realm. Authoring SDKs ship later in the roadmap.

What about Discord? +

The NightRange Discord goes live alongside public registration. Closed-beta players already have a private channel; the invite arrives with your access email.

Privacy and data? +

We collect the minimum needed to operate accounts. We do not sell player data. Lab containers spin up per player and run on our infrastructure. Don't store private or sensitive files on your rig: some parts of the rig persist between sessions, and everything is deleted when your account is deleted.

[ WHY WE BUILT THIS ]

"We built NightRange because hacking practice felt like homework. It shouldn't. The curiosity that drove the first generation of hackers never went away. We just stopped building spaces for it. NightRange is that space."

— Alex Grinberg · Guildmaster, Hackers Guild & creator of NightRange

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