It’s Google CTF time! Get your hacking toolbox prepared and put together your caffeine for fast consumption. The competitors kicks off on June 23 2023 6:00 PM UTC and runs by means of June 25 2023 6:00 PM UTC. Registration is now open at g.co/ctf.
Google CTF provides you an opportunity to problem your skillz, showcase your hacktastic skills, and study some new tips alongside the best way. It consists of a set of pc safety puzzles (or challenges) involving reverse-engineering, reminiscence corruption, cryptography, internet applied sciences, and extra. Use obscure safety data to seek out exploits by means of bugs and artistic misuse. With every accomplished problem your group will earn factors and transfer up by means of the ranks.Â
The highest 8 groups will qualify for our Hackceler8 competitors happening in Tokyo later this yr. Hackceler8 is our experimental esport-style hacking sport, custom-made to combine CTF and speedrunning. Within the competitors, groups want to seek out intelligent methods to abuse the sport options to seize flags as rapidly as potential. See the 2022 spotlight reel to get a way of what it’s like. The prize pool for this yr’s occasion stands at greater than $32,000!
Screenshot from Hackeler8 2022 speedrun competitors
Itching to get began early? Need to study extra, or get a leg up on the competitors? Evaluation challenges from earlier years, together with earlier Hackceler8 matches, all open-sourced right here. Or achieve inspiration by binge watching hours of Hackceler8 2020 movies!
In case you are simply beginning out on this area, try final yr’s occasion H4CK1NG GOOGLE! It’s an effective way to get acquainted with safety. You can too prepare for this yr’s Newbie’s Quest that’ll be launching later this summer season which will likely be within the theme of Laptop Historical past, so prepare for some know-how archaeology.
Whether or not you’re a seasoned CTF participant or simply interested in cyber safety and moral hacking, we wish you to hitch us. Signal as much as increase your ability set, meet new mates within the safety neighborhood, and even watch the professionals in motion. For the newest bulletins, see g.co/ctf, subscribe to our mailing record, or comply with us on Twitter @GoogleVRP. Concerned with bug looking for Google? Take a look at bughunters.google.com. See you there!
