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 way 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, exhibit your hacktastic skills, and study some new methods alongside the best way. It consists of a set of laptop safety puzzles (or challenges) involving reverse-engineering, reminiscence corruption, cryptography, internet applied sciences, and extra. Use obscure safety information to search out exploits by way of bugs and artistic misuse. With every accomplished problem your crew will earn factors and transfer up by way of the ranks.
The high 8 groups will qualify for our Hackceler8 competitors happening in Tokyo later this 12 months. Hackceler8 is our experimental esport-style hacking sport, custom-made to combine CTF and speedrunning. In the competitors, groups want to search 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 12 months’s occasion stands at greater than $32,000!
Screenshot from Hackeler8 2022 speedrun competitors
Itching to get began early? Want to study extra, or get a leg up on the competitors? Review 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!
If you’re simply beginning out on this area, take a look at final 12 months’s occasion H4CK1NG GOOGLE! It’s a good way to get acquainted with safety. You also can prepare for this 12 months’s Beginner’s Quest that’ll be launching later this summer time which can be within the theme of Computer History, so prepare for some expertise archaeology.
Whether you’re a seasoned CTF participant or simply inquisitive about cyber safety and moral hacking, we would like you to affix us. Sign as much as increase your ability set, meet new buddies within the safety group, and even watch the professionals in motion. For the newest bulletins, see g.co/ctf, subscribe to our mailing listing, or comply with us on Twitter @GoogleVRP. Interested in bug attempting to find Google? Check out bughunters.google.com. See you there!