I invite you to the hack quest in Moscow - last call

Information Security Specialists at the Symantec Cyber ​​Readiness Challenge in Toronto, 2012

Hello!
I have already written a lot about the preparation of our big hacker quest.

Briefly basic:

• This is CTF in a large corporation network simulator.
• The simulator was originally made for training of information security specialists, but it became entertainment.
• Such tournaments are held around the world and collect hundreds of participants.
• The Russian tournament will be in Moscow on September 10 in parallel with the information security conference.

Now the main thing: I invite you to participate.
There are still a few dozen places.
It's free.
Fasten your seat belts - and let's go!
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The first part was already online, and was very successful and interesting. Here are the stories of participants about the event. Many sincerely regretted that they could not come to offline. After this topic with a story about the “battle situation” in the tournament, their pain became much stronger :)

Here is about preparing for the tournament . From the important - be sure to take your laptops, comfortable keyboards and “native” mice.

That's about the same tournaments in other countries .

That's about the principles of the game . The main thing - the complexity of the tasks is increasing, but you can take hints. If you do not know something - after the third hint the flag can be taken almost certainly, but there will be no points for it. This is part of the training.

But the link to the free registration directly in the tournament on September 10 .


You can see the launch of Metasploit

Impressions of participants from the previous stage

Vlad Roskov : I have my own view on this chess, slightly distorted by the professional deformation of the burned CTF member. Simantekovsky hakkvest surprised: he was both naive and interesting. This is rarely ... Anyone who wants to try their hand at simple and at the same time technically competent tasks on IB would highly recommend to complete the Cyber ​​Challenge next time. I am looking forward to the offline stage. I liked and amazed isolation of the players' infrastructure from each other. I still do not understand how this was implemented. Did each of the hundreds of players have their own set of virtual players raised?
Most of all I liked the fact that the tasks, which were simple in terms of the formulation, forced us to move our brains and come up with an unusual solution. And it’s a damn cool feeling when an idea works the first time.

Andrei Leonov : I would advise such a tournament to those who are just starting their way in the field of information security without embarrassment. This does not mean that the tournament was simple. But given the fact that the tasks in general followed one of the other, and there were clues, sometimes containing a complete answer, it was possible to gain a lot of new knowledge.

Viktor Alyushin : I would recommend to absolutely everyone - from beginners to professional pinteresters and simply to those who want to try themselves in hacking.

Teymur Heirkhabarov : To all those who are not indifferent to the topic of information security, and in particular its practical side.

Come visit!

I do not want to stir up excitement, but I promise that it will be very cool, so you should not miss it. If you understand the network architecture - get real pleasure from complex tasks. Come to the tournament in Moscow. You will like both tasks and company. It is better to register today.