Cybersecurity Competition
Overview
A series of Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges across multiple domains, where participants solve tasks to obtain flags. The competition follows a jeopardy-style format.
All competitions should be prepared in advance and conducted on the day of the competition.
Deadline to register: October 10, 2025
Competition Rules
- Each school must be represented by only one team.
- A single team may only consist of up to three contestants.
- Cheating is not allowed: This includes copying answers, eavesdropping on other teams, or persuading other contestants to give up answers.
- Contestants are not allowed to use resources other than what is allowed.
- Contestants are not allowed to interact with the competition platform outside of the contestant challenge page.
Challenge & Scoring
Challenge Specifications
The flag challenges will include the following topics:
- HTML code
- Image Steganography
- Cryptography
- Password Brute-forcing
- Network Packet Analysis
Flag Scoring
The challenges will be scored according the following:
- HTML = 5 points
- Cryptography = 5 points
- Image Steganography = 10 points
- Password Brute-forcing = 5 points
- Network Packet Analysis = 10 points
Total = 25 points
In case two teams submit all flags correctly, the fastest team to submit will be the winner of the competition.
For any inquiries about this competition, please contact
Qusai Hasan
Lecturer of Computing Security
Electrical Engineering and Computing Sciences Department