Capture The Flags H@ckING 2023 RULES



~# Registration: 22.05.2023 - 01:06.2023, 23:00 - on H@ckING event at https://app.evenea.pl/event/hackING2023/ and at https://www.ctfarena.com/register (please use the same e-mail address during registration on both portals)
~# The CTF will take place on 02nd of June 2023, starting 09:00 and running until 15:45 (6:45h) on-site at Katowice ul.Zabrska 19 Gravity Point.
~# Participants may work in group of max 3 people (captain and two participants).
~# Please use the following pattern during the registration on ctfarena.com/register:
Captain: TEAMNAME_C_yournick
User: TEAMNAME_yournick
~# Only captain of the team can write down flags on the CTF portal which will be counted for the general classification
~# Technical support:
ctfarena@ing.com
~# You can find login instructions for OpenVPN to CTF Arena on our portal https://www.ctfarena.com/content?show=vpnsetup after registering
~# Connection to the OpenVPN is possible only from outside ING network!
~# Scope:
6 Vulnerable Machines
2 Reverse Engineering challanges
5 Blockchain challanges
1 Physical Security challange
~# The main task for each challenge is to recover a special string called the flag (and provide it on the website - https://www.ctfarena.com/ )
Flag location and format:
Unix system:
user - /home/local.txt
root - /root/proof.txt
Windows system:
user - C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\local.txt
admin - C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\proof.txt
~# Overall score from all machines is available on https://ctfarena.com/scores
~# We recommend to use Kali Linux during the contest as it contains a lot of built-in tools helpful during CTF.
~# After obtaining the root/administrator flag please restore machine to initial state
~# Each challenge has a different score depending on the difficulty level
~# Scores for each team will be calculated based only on the captain's score
~# The team that has scored the most points or finishes all tasks first – wins CTF H@ckING 2023. In case the score is equal, the first team to reach the score is considered as the winner.
~# Write-up of all targets will be available on CTF webportal ( https://www.ctfarena.com/content?show=writeups) after the end of the contest.



The following activities are strictly prohibited at any time during the contest:


~# Any activities or actions that would interfere, obstruct, or disturb other teams, participants, and event organizers;
~# Spying on other teams, participants, and event organizers;
~# Providing hints, clues, or answers to participants other than your own team members;
~# Seeking or receiving hints, clues, or answers from participants other than your own team members – a hint or a clue provided by event organizers to all participants would be acceptable;
~# Participating in multiple teams;
~# Any attacks on the network and/or systems outside the scope.