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EPISODE · May 1, 2022 · 30 MIN

CTF?WTF? : Designing and Competing in Capture the Flag competitions

from Cybercrimeology · host Jax

About our guest:You can find out more about the design team for Northsec at https://nsec.io/team/ Papers or resources mentioned in this episode:Challenges from previous northsec competitions can be found here:https://nsec.io/competition-write-ups/In particular, we referred to this challenge:https://github.com/JaneBdemented/NSEC2019_DEFEC8ED_Walkthroughs Other:If you want to have a try at CTF challenges, you can try this site from Carnegie Mellon Universityhttps://picoctf.org/You can also try this website for getting started with hacking techniques https://www.hackthissite.org/Jax was actually feeling ill during this interview but did it anyway, what a champion.  

What is important to keep in mind when designing and taking part in Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. We talk with Jax, who has been designing top-level competitions for white hats and students for half a decade. We find out what CTFs are, what to keep in mind when designing them and when competing in them. We keep the discussion away from the technical and there is a glossary at the end and fun throughout.

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