It’s Google CTF time! Get your hacking toolbox prepared and put together your caffeine for speedy consumption. The competitors kicks off on June 23 2023 6:00 PM UTC and runs by way of June 25 2023 6:00 PM UTC. Registration is now open at g.co/ctf.

Google CTF provides you an opportunity to problem your skillz, exhibit your hacktastic talents, and study some new tips alongside the way in which. It consists of a set of pc safety puzzles (or challenges) involving reverse-engineering, reminiscence corruption, cryptography, net applied sciences, and extra. Use obscure safety data to search out exploits by way of bugs and artistic misuse. With every accomplished problem your group will earn factors and transfer up by way of the ranks. 

The highest 8 groups will qualify for our Hackceler8 competitors happening in Tokyo later this yr. Hackceler8 is our experimental esport-style hacking recreation, custom-made to combine CTF and speedrunning. Within the competitors, groups want to search out intelligent methods to abuse the sport options to seize flags as shortly as doable. See the 2022 spotlight reel to get a way of what it’s like. The prize pool for this yr’s occasion stands at greater than $32,000!

Screenshot from Hackeler8 2022 speedrun competitors

Itching to get began early? Need to study extra, or get a leg up on the competitors? Evaluation challenges from earlier years, together with earlier Hackceler8 matches, all open sourced on GitHub

. Or acquire inspiration by binge watching hours of Hackceler8 2020 movies!

In case you are simply beginning out on this area, try final yr’s occasion H4CK1NG GOOGLE! It’s an effective way to get acquainted with safety. You may as well prepare for this yr’s Newbie’s Quest that’ll be launching later this summer season which shall be within the theme of Pc Historical past, so prepare for some expertise archaeology.

Whether or not you’re a seasoned CTF participant or simply inquisitive about cyber safety and moral hacking, we would like you to hitch us. Signal as much as increase your talent set, meet new buddies within the safety group, and even watch the professionals in motion. For the newest bulletins, see g.co/ctf, subscribe to our mailing record, or observe us on Twitter @GoogleVRP. Interested by bug looking for Google? Take a look at bughunters.google.com. See you there!