¶ 2025-01-24 - BearcatCTF Prep (Part 1)
¶ Overview
Date: 2025-01-24
Time: 6pm-7:30pm
Location: GH224
Host: Zack Sargent
¶ Announcements
Announcements
This announcement was posted on January 12th to Email & Discord.
¶ Meeting Times
Meeting times this semester will be Fridays, from 7pm to ~8:30pm in GH224.
Thanks to everyone who filled out the form.
I'm proposing a CTF-focus this year.
You can check out our calendar for the plan.
I'd love to take a focused approach for this semester, picking CTFs we want to succeed in, and then preparing through focused practice sessions.
I hope that sounds fun to you!
¶ BearcatCTF
The University of Cincinnati is hosting a 24 hour CTF event from Februrary 1st to February 2nd.
I recommend reading the info on their website, but here are some key points:
- Registration is free. Food is free. You can sleep there overnight.
- The agenda is available here
- Individuals can register up until the event ends! If you plan to compete in-person I recommend sooner rather than later so they can get the adequate amount of food.
- There is no limit on the number teams you can send. They want the event to open and available for everyone!
- In 2024, Over 400 students participated. More info on 2024 is available here
- You can sign up on their website
- This event is not affiliated with NKU, and you'll be registering as an individual. Team formation will happen at a later date.
Feel free to post in #cst-general-💬 if you wanna talk about any of the above! .
¶ Meeting Notes
¶ Check-In
¶ Meeting Challenge
Today, we are going to be competing at https://ctf.nkcyber.org/.
Go there, and create your account. ^.^
Note that these challenges were developed by UC for the 2024 Bearcat CTF, and archived by participants.
¶ Resources
Note that, if you cheat on a challenge, you should subtract your points for that challenge via the hints.
For example, I'm looking at:
¶ Scoreboard
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Next meeting, we're going to try and get the solve counts for the other challenges above zero.
¶ Attendance
TBD