How to get on PHDays IV CTF? Participate in CTF Quals

PHDays IV is getting closer: the sale of tickets has begun, in full swing Call For Papers and the acceptance of works for the Young School Young Scientists Competition. But that is not all! CTF Quals, the qualifying stage of the PHDays CTF international information security competition, will start very soon, the final of which will take place on May 21 and 22, 2014 at the Digital October techno center during Positive Hack Days forum in Moscow.

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The PHDays CTF Quals qualifying round will be held on January 25 and 26 for two days. According to their results, the best teams will reach the final of the tournament. In the course of CTF Quals, participants will face many interesting tasks: to solve them, they will simultaneously need deep theoretical knowledge of modern technologies and advanced practical skills.

First of all, the game mechanics is fully aimed at making participation in the CTF even more interesting. The balance of the game is calculated in such a way that the greatest number of points (more than 90%) is charged for completing the tasks. That is, in the fight to win hacker skills are still most important.
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In addition, for the completeness of the game experience, we added a quest. When completing the quest, participants will need to find some information on the Internet and submit it to the Jury system, answering a number of questions. The quest legend continues the story line of the PHDays III CTF final competition. Participants will investigate the incident involving the spread of the Detcelfer worm as part of the Golem Task Force.

Passing the quest does not directly affect the position in the CTF ranking. However, participants in any case have to go through at least a few quests of the quest, and here's why. Quest consists of a series of questions that need to be answered. For each answer found, the participant receives a certain number of points-keys that allow you to open new tasks for your team. The tasks are similar to the usual CTF-tasks, which, of course, are familiar to the participants not by hearsay. The number of key points required to open a task depends on the complexity of the specific task. The amount of points-keys charged for each answered question will allow to open approximately a couple of tasks.

The decision of the task is rewarded by the accrual of the actual points: their number depends on the complexity of the task and directly affects the position of the team in the ranking.

Battle

Last year, 493 teams from more than 30 countries of the world (at least one task fulfilled 154 of them) clashed in the qualifying competitions, and this year the battle promises to be no less hot. Finalists are waiting for rivalry with the best hackers from around the world, a unique infrastructure, a fascinating legend, extremely complex and unusual tasks, as well as a sea of ​​drive and unforgettable impressions.

This is how the participants map looks this time (more than 330 teams are registered):



To plunge into the world of hacker battles you only need to form a team, register and take part in CTF Quals - so go ahead!