Learn by playing
Cyber Games
The fun way to learn how scams and hackers work. Start with our own game, then try our pick of the best free cyber games for everyone, for kids and for IT learners.
Firewall Rush
Our own arcade game. Block the scams, let the safe traffic through, and get on the weekly leaderboard.
More free cyber games
These are run by other organisations, so they open on their own websites. All are free to play, though some ask you to create an account.
For everyone
- Google Phishing Quiz: can you tell a real email from a phishing one? Takes about five minutes.
- NOVA Cybersecurity Lab: defend a company from increasingly clever cyber attacks.
- Bad News: play as a fake news creator to learn how online misinformation works. Made with the University of Cambridge.
For kids and families
- NCSC CyberSprinters: the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s online safety game for 7 to 11 year olds.
- Google Interland: a colourful adventure about passwords, phishing and being kind online.
- NCSC CyberFirst: free courses and competitions for 11 to 17 year olds interested in cyber.
For IT pros and learners
Capture the flag (CTF) challenges and hands-on labs. Only ever practise on the systems these sites give you.
- TryHackMe: beginner-friendly guided rooms in your browser.
- Hack The Box: hacking labs and challenges from beginner to expert.
- picoCTF: free CTF from Carnegie Mellon University, great for getting started.
- OverTheWire: Bandit: learn Linux and security basics one level at a time.
- PortSwigger Web Security Academy: free web hacking labs from the makers of Burp Suite.
- CyberDefenders: blue team investigation challenges.
- Blue Team Labs Online: defensive security and incident response challenges.
- SANS Holiday Hack Challenge: a free, festive CTF that runs every winter.
Know a great cyber game we have missed? Tell us.