Hack the Flag! 🚩
Test your cybersecurity skills in the STACS CTF — designed by the STACS Dev team. Beginner-friendly challenges sit alongside harder, weirder puzzles for returning players.
What is a CTF?
A Capture The Flag competition is a set of computer security challenges where you're put to the test on your knowledge of security, vulnerabilities and exploits to find hidden flags. Think treasure hunt for hackers.
Categories
- 🔍 Forensics — hunt for hidden data
- ⚙️ Engineering — take advantage of poor programming
- 🦠 Cyberwarfare and Malware — real examples of real examples (harmless!)
- 🔐 Cryptography — the backbone of security
- 💣 Exploit Development — find and exploit vulnerabilities
- …and a few surprises we're not going to spoil 😉
Format
- Duration: 4 hours, 13:00–17:00
- Team size: 1–4 people (or solo — both fine)
- Difficulty: beginner to advanced
- Scoring: points scale with challenge difficulty
- Location: John Honey — snacks and a live leaderboard on-site
Prizes
A stuffed animal for the first-place team, plus STACS swag on the podium.
New to CTFs?
A short beginner's workshop runs at the start of the event, and mentors from the Dev team will be on hand throughout. Just show up — you don't need a team in advance.
Rules
- No attacking infrastructure — only the challenges we provide.
- Collaboration within teams only — no sharing flags between teams.
- Write-ups welcome — after the competition ends.
- Have fun and learn.
Questions? Reach out to any STACS Dev or email [email protected].
