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General Information

Welcome to the KAsino edition of the KITCTFCTF!

  • Everyone can participate! You may play alone but it's more fun together plus you can share your knowledge to learn from each other.
  • The contest is a jeopardy-style CTF with challenges from all major categories and beginner-friendly to hard difficulty.
  • The CTF will last 30 hours, from 09 Dec. 2022, 18:00 UTC — Sat, 10 Dec. 2022, 23:59 UTC.
  • Join the Discord (https://discord.gg/PFWE7eAMRv) or the IRC (#kitctfctf on libera.chat)! Announcements and updates will be published there.
  • The flag format is KCTF{.*} (only printable ASCII characters), unless specified otherwise in the challenge description.

Sponsors and Partners

  • Aramido

    Aramido is a Karlsruhe based company offering IT security consulting and testing.

  • GitHub Security Lab

    GitHub Security Lab's mission is to inspire and enable the community to secure the open source software we all depend on.

  • codelayer

    codelayer is a Karlsruhe based full-stack development company specialized in web technologies.

Prizes

  • 1st place: $500
  • 2nd place: $300
  • 3rd place: $200
  • We cannot give prizes to individuals on the U.S. sanctions list, or any individual residing in any U.S.-sanctioned country.

Rules

During the contest, any of the following behaviors will result in immediate disqualification:

  • Any behavior that affects the fairness of the contest.
  • Posting or sharing task solutions or flags.
  • Attacking the contest infrastructure or systems of organizers or other participants.
  • Exploiting unintended solutions or vulnerabilities in the infrastructure. If you find anything like that please share it for possible bonus points.
  • Violation of the Code of Conduct.

Each player may only join one team.

Code of Conduct

  • Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
  • Refrain from demeaning, discriminatory or harassing behavior or speech.
  • Be mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants - your fellow participants may have a different understanding of language and personal space.
  • Inform the KITCTFCTF organizers if you notice any unacceptable behavior such as:
    • Intimidating, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct.
    • Offensive verbal comments, including those related to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, age, or religion.
    • Inappropriate use of nudity or sexual images in public and online spaces (including our public channels as well as direct messages).
    • Deliberate intimidation, stalking or following of other users.
    • Harassing photography, recording, or entertaining.
    • Unwelcome sexual attention.

This list is not meant to be exhaustive or complete. We expect you to follow it in spirit, not only in the letter.

Unacceptable behavior by participants will not be tolerated. Anyone asked to stop inappropriate behavior is expected to comply immediately. If a participant engages in unacceptable behavior, KITCTFCTF organizers may, at their discretion, take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from the competition and removal from the KITCTFCTF Discord.

Disclaimer

The theme of the CTF is only intended to enrichen the experience of the players. KITCTF does not want to promote gambling in any way. Please reach out for help if you are addicted to gambling or support friends that are.