OWASP Bucharest AppSec Conference 2017 CTF
CTF (Capture The Flag) contests are popular ways to hone your practical security skills by solving challenges on topics such as web, crypto, reverse, exploiting.
We invite everyone passionate about practical security at the OWASP AppSec 2017 CTF, where you and your team will solve challenges on web, reverse and exploiting. Challenges will be Linux-centric and web.
Please note that this is a competition designed for beginners, students and security enthusiasts.
Here are the important dates:
- The qualifiers are online on 9th of September, between 10:00 and 22:00 (Bucharest time, UTC+2). In order to participate please REGISTER HERE!
- The first 10 teams will be invited to the final.
- The final will be on 12th of October. The qualified teams that want to compete for the prizes must be on site, in the competition room.
The CTF webpage is here: https://owasp-ctf.security.cs.pub.ro/home .
The CTF final will take place during the OWASP Bucharest AppSec 2017 conference, on site, for 8 hours, from 9am to 5pm. Teams will consist of at most 5 players; everyone has to be on site at the conference.
The teams qualified for the final are:
| knights who say ni | 775 |
| penthackon | 350 |
| UPTimSec | 275 |
| StackOrSlack | 275 |
| Fuszuly | 225 |
| Shellphish | 225 |
| tum_cyber | 225 |
| ynot ro | 150 |
| Just a Hack | 75 |
| TimeXlord | 75 |
| Xor_the_World | 75 |
We would not cover any transport or accommodation costs for the final competitors, in order to attend the event on 12th of October.
Hope you can make it! You’ll have tons of fun!
If you’re new to CTFs or you want to know more please check these links:
- picoCTF (https://picoctf.com/): A good place for beginners to go through CTF tasks
- Computer and Network Security (http://ocw.cs.pub.ro/courses/cns): A masters class featuring concepts and tools on practical security
- Hack Night (https://github.com/isislab/Hack-Night): Training session run by the NYU Poly ISIS lab
- CTF Write-ups (https://github.com/ctfs/): Write-ups (solutions) for CTF contests arount the globe
- Online Wargames Bundle (http://security.cs.pub.ro/hexcellents/wiki/kb/practice-and-learning): A list of wargame sites you can use for honing your skills
Prizes:
- 1st place: 1024 euros
- 2nd place: 512 euros
- 3rd place: 256 euros
