Capture The Flag

About Capture The Flag

CSAW CTF is a entry-level CTF, designed for undergraduate students who are trying to break into security. Challenges are specifically designed to point students in directions that will help them understand fundamental concepts and develop practical skills. Our sponsors are big players in the security field, who are serious about hiring the right people with the right skills. Our judges are world-renowned experts in the security field, who are dedicated to making sure that our challenges are designed to test these skills.

To read more visit the CSAW CTF website:  https://csawctf.poly.edu/

2012 Capture The Flag Champions!

• 1st Place:  PPP1  5150
• 2nd Place:  PPP2  4775
• 3rd Place:  BUILDS  4650

2012 Finalists

• Brooklynt Overflow  http://sites.isis.poly.edu/  NYU-Poly  United States
• BUILDS  http://builds.cc  Boston University  United States
• CISSP Groupies   http://dciets.com/  Ecole de technologie superieure  Canada
• csg  http://csg.utdallas.edu/  University of Texas at Dallas  United States
• Delusions of Grandeur  United States Air Force Academy  United States
• MadHatters  http://greyhat.cc.gatech.edu  Georgia Tech  United States
• Modern Prometheans  http://cs.nmt.edu/~jcrawford  New Mexico Tech  United States
• NULLify  University of Nebraska at Omaha  United States
• PPP1  http://pwning.net  Carnegie Mellon University  United States
• PPP2  http://pwning.net  Carnegie Mellon University  United States
• PTHC  Northeastern University  United States
• RPISEC  http://rpisec.org  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  United States
• USMA  United States Military Academy  United States
• UTDCSG  http://csg.utdallas.edu/  University of Texas at Dallas  United States
• wildhats  University of New Hampshire  United States

Event Registration

Open to the public.  Top 10 Undergraduate teams from the United States and Canada who play according to the Competition Rules will be flown to New York to compete in the Final Round for prizes.

• Website with Registration Link:  CTF Registration Website
• Competition Captains:  Julian Cohen and Kevin Chung
• Contact via email
• Preliminary round:  Friday, September 28, 2012 - Sunday September 30, 2012

Cash Prizes

• 1st place:  $1,000
• 2nd place:  $750
• 3rd place:  $500

Travel Grant for Finalists

Winning teams of up to four members will be provided with round-trip airfare to New York City and local hotel accomodations during the competition.

Registration/Participation Logistics

• Please go to the CTF website for more information.

Judges

The CSAW CTF has a world-class judges panel with experts and rock stars from all over the security industry. Please visit the CTF judges page for more information.

Congratulations to the 2011 Winners!

1. Team PPP1, Carnegie Mellon University – Garrett Barboza, Matt Dickoff, Tyler Nighswander and Ricky Zhou
2. Team PPP2, Carnegie Mellon University – Joseph Lee, Brent Lim, Alex Reece and Hudson Thrift
3. Team RPISEC, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute – Shawn Denbow, Jeremy Pope, Wilson Wong and Jared Candelaria

Congratulations to the 2011 Finalists!

1. BUILDS Team 2, Boston University, USA
2. PPP1, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
3. PPP2, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
4. PPP3, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
5. Mr Lee's Greater Hong Kong Deliverators, New Mexico Tech, USA
6. thingys, MIT, USA
7. RPISEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
8. NULLify, University of Nebraska, USA
9. WCSC, University of South Florida, USA
10. CSG, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
11. Delusions of Grandeur, US Air Force Academy, USA