As we all know, cyber hacking competitions are often known as Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions. These competitions are held monthly by various organizations and universities around the world. These competitions can be organized into 3 styles:
- Jeopardy
- Attack & Defense
- Mixed Style
At the moment, there is a website (www.ctftime.org) that can track all the competitions throughout the year and anyone can look at how many competitions are currently going on.
Here in this article, we will inform you about the 10 best Capture Competition cyber hacking competitions:
1. Insomni’hack ( CTF )
The final Ethical Hacking tournament is being played at a conference and the conference is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. Organizers will be releasing hotel and event tickets for the top three teams.
Groups 4, 5, and 6 will receive conference tickets. The organizers think that crypto-currencies are unreliable, so they are donating real, old silver to the top 3 groups and the top 3 student groups will get dedicated prices and swag.
2. 0CTF / TCTF ( CTF )
The competition is organized by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University 0ops team and Tencent see. The format of the game is a dangerous style and is open to all teams in the world.
Currently, there is no limit to the number of participants of any group as well. 0CTF is also considered one of the most difficult CTF competitions.
3. GoogleCTF ( CTF )
As Google organizes various geeky contests over a year, it is also organizing the best cyber hacking competition in the world of GoogleCTF. The competition consists of two events in which the first event is a qualifying round.
Here they cover a wide range of safety exercises to test participants’ safety skills. From the first round, Google selects a number of teams to participate in the final round to be held at a local Google office location.
The top 10 teams are invited to the finals, competing on-site for a prize of more than USD $ 31,337.
4. PlaidCTF ( CTF )
The competition is organized by the Carnegie Mellon University hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning also known as the PPP. Plaid CTF 2020 is a web-based CTF.
The cash prizes for the top three teams are 8192 USD, 4096 USD, and 2048 USD, respectively. The winner will qualify for the Defcon CTF Finals. In addition, there is no limit to the number of participants in each group.
5. DEF CON ( CTF )
DEF CON is one of the largest and oldest forum, held annually in Las Vegas (USA). First, it happened in June 1993. DEF CON includes cyber security researchers, journalists, government employees, security personnel, students.
Initially, the event was organized by Binjitsu by date until 2012 and after that, it was organized by the Legitimate Business Syndicate team until 2017 and was subsequently organized by the group Order of the Overflow.
The Black Badge is the largest DEF CON award giving the winners of the competition. In fact, the prize money has not been fixed but last year in 2019, seven finalists competed against each other for 2M $ of the grand prize.
6. FAUST CTF 2020 ( CTF )
FAUST CTF is the oldest CTF attack and defense online. The CTF competition is run by the Friedrich-Alexander University CTF team in Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany.
Each team will be given a Vulnbox image to host and access VPN. You will use exploitation against other groups, take flags, and submit them to our server.
Prizes are awarded by sponsors as first place: € 512, second place: € 256, third place: € 128.
7. ASIS CTF Quals 2020 ( CTF )
ASIS CTF is an online CTF risk-taking format. The event was organized by the asis team, the Iranian Education Group. In this event, there are specific categories of challenges such as Crypto, Web, Reverse Engineering, Pwn, and Forensics. Also, there is no limit to the number of team members.
8. Pwn2Win CTF 2020 ( CTF )
Pwn2Win CTF is an online CTF endangered style. Edited by Epic Leet, Brazil’s CTF team. CTF is designed for advanced and intermediate players.
The event time is exactly 48 hours. The prizes are as follows – Top 1: Internet Fame Certification Gold + Personalized Certificates, Top 2: Internet Fitness Certificate Silver + Personal Certificates, Top 3: Internet Fitness Certificate Personalized.
Personalized certificates are just like the “trophies” of the event, something you will use to prove your participation with the Top 3 in this tough competition.
9. InCTF International ( CTF )
InCTF is the most endangered online CTF format. This is India’s first CTF. This event is organized by the bi0s of the group. The Bi0s team is the academic team of Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus.
The event is basically focused on the CTF basic category (Crypto, Web, Back, Pwn, Forensics). The set of challenges is of good quality and everyone is happy to solve them.
10. RCTF 2020 ( CTF )
RCTF style Jeopardy-online Capture the In the Flag Competition presented by the ROIS team. Academic team at Fuzhou University, China. ROIS stands for Data Security Survey.
Prizes are as follows: 1st place 1,500 USD & qualification to XCTF Final 2020, 2nd place 800 USD, and 3rd place 500 USD.
Currently, all of these CTF competition levels are based on the ctf time rate Previously and this year included. Also, these competitions are very geeky, and if you play alone or with your friends in these competitions, you guys will have a lot of fun and gain experience in it !!
