DEF CON 33 CTF Qualifcations have a date! "Packet sorcerers, make room in your calendar for the official qualifier event for #defcon 33 CTF! Our esteemed colleagues at the Nautilus Institute are hard at work building the challenges - can you afford to do less?" Further information available at https://nautilus.institute . The long season of preparation begins.
Thanks to the fine folks at Nautilus Institute the DEF CON 32 CTF quals are in the books - you can read all about it at https://quals.2024.nautilus.institute/ . There's also a veritable feast of JSON dumps for the curious. Congrats to the winners, thank you to everyone who suited up and we'll see you in Las Vegas!
Just in time to wreck your productivity for the short week, here’s some delicious postgame info about the DEF CON 31 CTF Quals that happened over the weekend. Please enjoy the official data dump from our good friends at The Nautilus Institute . Additionally, please enjoy this set of informative blog writeups from @Toasterpwn . Congratulations and godspeed to the victors. Respect to all who rose to the challenge. You are now free to get amped about the DEF CON 31 CTF in August. We will see you there.
Congratulations to the DEF CON 30 CTF Winners, Maple Mallard Magistrates! Read more about MMM ! They were closely followed by the teams Katzebin and Starbugs, in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. A big thank you to Nautilus Institute and all the CTF competing teams for a great game! Check out the DEF CON 30 CTF section of the Media Server for LiveCTF, PCAPS, and other interesting stuff as it becomes available!
Big DEF CON 30 CTF update! Following several years of exemplary service by the Order of the Overflow, our world-famous Capture the Flag contest is under new management. The care and feeding of this year’s CTF is in the worthy and capable hands of the Nautilus Institute! From Nautilus Institute: Ahoy DEF CON and CTF communities! We are the Nautilus Institute. We have been chosen, from a very respectable pool of applicants, to steer the DEF CON CTF ship starting in 2022. We are thankful for this honor, and hope to navigate straight and true no matter what waters lie ahead. We’re a bit light…
The mighty and venerable Order of the Overflow is retiring from organizing the DEF CON CTF, and the torch must be passed. This means a rare opportunity for you, CTF enthusiasts. Are you ready to create the next generation of elite CTF tournaments? Do you have the skill and creativity to elevate the game for the world’s best players? The drive to see your ideas through to completion? If this is you, it’s time for us to talk. The lowdown is at https://defcon.org/html/links/dc-ctf-cfo.html . Get familiar, submit the CTF you want to see in the world. For the chosen, glory awaits.
Friendly DEF CON 29 CTF reminder - this weekend the mighty Order of the Overflow is hosting the Qualifier event! It’s not often that the path to glory comes into such sharp focus - be ready to meet your destiny. Godspeed to all of the teams who will be battling it out for 48 straight beginning UTC 00:00 May 1st. The information you need is at oooverflow.io and @oooverflow , the courage you need has been inside you all along. DEF CON 29 is closer than it has ever been. Just let yourself feel it.
