CTFs & Wargames Archives
CTFs
2014
- ASIS Final
- CSAW Quals
- Hack.lu
- Stripe 1, 2, 3
- 9447
Wargames
2014
- OverTheWire: Krypton, Narnia
Trivia List (For Reference)
CSAW CTF 2014
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This is the name of the new USENIX workshop that featured papers on CTFs being used for education. Answer: 3GSE
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This x86 instruction is an alias for pop eip/rip. Answer: RET
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This is a type of informal security meetup that has been gaining popularity in different cities over the last several years. Answer: CitySec
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This is what geohot and other members of the CTF community are calling live streamed CTF competitions where spectators can watch competitors screens as they solve challenges. Answer: livectf
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On this day in November, the CSAW Career Fair takes place in Brooklyn, New York. Answer: 14
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This is the Twitter handle of the student who runs CSAW CTF. Answer: poopsec
Recon
Searching the Internets
The recon problems usually give you someone/something's name and a task or a hint to find some specific information about it. So the first thing is of course google it.
Google anything using keywords such as filetype:cgi inurl:cgi-bin
In addition we can look at:
- Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, reddit, /r/netsec.
- IRC: with **/whois **.
- namechk
- Github: check in the commit history.