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CTF Wiki

Transplant from: http://ctf.forgottensec.com/wiki/index.php

This is the beginning of the construction of a wiki for information about various CTFs and InfoSec Competitions. I had it set for OPEN EDIT, but jerks from the Ukraine decided to deface my site a bunch times this week. Now you need an account to make edits. Feel free to use the information and/or register and contribute. My current focus is getting information about each competition, but as I have more time/help, I will be writing labs for each subject needed for these competitions. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at Forgotten {at} forgottensec {dot} com

The InfoSec field has a very strong community. Moving with those sentiments, I have decided to dedicate this wiki to organizing competition information for CTFs. These competitions help the skills of community to be passed along in a fun and enjoyable way. As many of us are love solving challenges, CTFs are a natural step to learn and improve. Getting started with CTFs can be daunting, I hope that the information within helps people to improve their skills and become a stronger part of the community. In turn, I hope as people improve, they come back and contribute to help others.

Types of CTFs

The main types of challenges are:

  • Red Team/Attack
  • Creator sets of network of targets for attack
  • Sometimes different teams attack the same set of targets creating collisions, sometimes not
  • Blue Team/Defense
  • Creator sets up a vulnerable network
  • Players inherit the network, sometimes knowing what they are inheriting, sometimes not
  • Jeopardy Style
  • Jeopardy Scoreboard with different categories and questions of different difficulty
  • Almost always allow multiple people to submit answers to all questions
  • Typically starts with only easiest questions opens and forces you to solve a easier one in a given category to open the next question (otherwise time-delayed opening for higher value questions)
  • Mixed

Uses of CTF

  • Fun
  • Learning experience (Practical Hands-on) - For both creator and player
  • Testing of a new product
  • If only more companies did this, products might be more secure and better usability
  • What if you could do security testing for the price of a simple prize
  • Hiring - Resumes are great, but how do I know who can do what I want

Calendar of CTFs

Calendar is in East Coast Time Zone

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Variable or Continuous

Online CTF