JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON + EVENING OF TRIVIA, PUZZLES AND FUN!

1. Basic Event Information

Date and Time: October 8th, 2016 (Sat), 14:00 - 20:30

Location: The BASE (Indoor Activity Area and Meeting Room)

Language: English

Fee: $20

Payment menthod: 

• Online Payment
• Offline Payment: Pay Cash to Mr. Endy Chow(Tel: 3469 2514) during the office hour (Mon - Fri, 10:00 - 17:00) at Room 3611, Lift 29-30

No. of Participants: 30

**Please bring a laptop and charger + adapter if required**

Capture the Flag (CtF), a game that demands the triple threat of wit, out-of-the-box thinking and interdisciplinary knowledge from contestants, is the one that originated in the InfoSec (information security) field.

Contestants solve cryptic messages and compromise servers or users to find “flags”, or answers. The team (or an individual) that accumulates the most points by solving simple questions, and finding flags through solving small challenges and riddles is crowned the winner.

This time, the BASE brings you a CtF game with a twist: our iteration aims to encourage students from non-tech backgrounds to participate and apply their knowledge to a new field. Students who are first-time hackers can have a peek at fields such as programming; reverse engineering; information security through extensive hands-on experience. On the other hand students with technical skills can expand their knowledge on arts, literature and humanities. The goal of this event is to celebrate the hacker and entrepreneur spirit; to have fun solving puzzles; most of all to promote the opening of our very own Hackerspace at HKUST.

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2. How to play the game

1. Find some teammates, form a group of up to 4 (strongly recommended to form a team, although you could take up the challenge on your own!). You may be able to find some teammates on the day of event as well.

2. Register on FBCTF platform (link will be given on the day)

3. Click on regions to answer quizzes or follow instructions to find the flag

4. See how it works in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puv--mREiQ

3. How to win the game

The more challenges you beat, the more points you get. Higher difficulty challenges will carry more points, so teams should strategize the path of highest return.  At the end of the competition, the team with highest total points will be the winner! In the case of two different teams having the same points, whichever team was quickest to reach the highest points will be declared the winner. As such, teams are advised to submit the flags as soon as they obtain them.

4. The rules

https://github.com/facebook/fbctf/wiki/FBCTF-Rules

5. Event Rundown:

14:00      Opening ceremony

----------14:30  GAME START. QUIZZES OPEN.----------

15:00 Coding 101 (10 min workshop)

15:30 Command Line 101 (10 min workshop)

---------------------16:00  FLAGS OPEN------------------------

18:00  Dinner served

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18:45  Reverse Engineering 101 (20 min workshop)

----------------------20:00 GAME ENDS--------------------------

20:15  Closing ceremony

6. Prizes

1st             UNO R3 Development Board Starter Kit Basic Kit For Arduino DIY per team member

2nd            ParknShop Coupon $100 per team member

3rd             Electronics cleaning putty per team member

7. FAQs

 

Is this open to all?

This event is only open to current HKUST UG and PG students. We will prepare a bigger scale event next year to invite all universities and schools, so stay tuned on our Facebook page or base.ust.hk!

 

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please contact base@ust.hk, with 'CTF [your question]' in the subject line.

 

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, just need your Student ID. But keep your electronic ticket in case you forget to bring Student ID.

 

What is the refund policy?

This event is non-refundable. If you can not come, please notify base@ust.hk.

Is meal provided?

Yes, buffet-style meal will be provided at 18:00.