Monday , September 14 2026

BUET host inter-University CTF Competition, Registration open

𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓 𝐂𝐒𝐄 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 is bringing you for the first time an exhilarating and intellectually stimulating 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠 (𝐂𝐓𝐅) 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. This event is designed to challenge the brightest minds from universities across the region and provide them with an opportunity to showcase their cyber security skills.

Whether you are a seasoned cyber security enthusiast or just starting to explore the world of ethical hacking, this competition will push your limits and ignite your passion for cyber security.

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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:

The competition will be held in two phases. In the first phase, teams from all over Bangladesh will compete an 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, which will be held on 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝟑𝟎 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 will be selected for the 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 and they will be invited for an 𝐎𝐧-𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 CTF Competition, which will be held on 𝟐𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 on our university premises.

Date:

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟏: 12th July, 2023

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟐: 21th July, 2023

Time:

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟏: 7:30 PM – 1:30 AM (6 hours)

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟐: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (6 hours)

Mode:

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟏: 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞

𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟐: 𝐎𝐧-𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 (𝐄𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐁𝐔𝐄𝐓, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐚)

Style: Jeopardy Style Capture The Flag (CTF)

Competition Categories:

The competition features categories to test different aspects of your cyber security domain:

  1. Digital Forensics
  2. Reverse Engineering
  3. Cryptography
  4. Steganography
  5. Web Exploitation
  6. Miscellaneous

Registration is completely 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 and 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 for 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

Registration fee for On-site Round (Per Team): Tk. 1000

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭: https://forms.gle/kppGLQ6BXacnTQ8Z9

 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 20th June, 2023

 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐝: 6th July, 2023

The arranger said, they have exciting prize money for the winners!! Details about the prize pool will be announced shortly..

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬:

  • This is open for all current undergraduate students from any institution of Bangladesh.
  • Each team can have a 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝟒 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬.
  • 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
  • Once formed, team members cannot be substituted for the remainder of the competition.

For further query, mail to: 𝐜𝐭𝐟@𝐛𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.𝐜𝐨𝐦

 

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