Hacking is not like shown in movies. Hacking isn't just whats-app, Facebook, call spoofing etc., Hacking is far from these all stuff.
For aspiring white hats hackers, CTF challenges are a great way to learn hacking techniques, strengthen your problem-solving skills, and gain critical hands-on practice. CTF competitions deals with the right level of pressure to keep things interesting while helping you to sharpen your skills.
CTF or Capture the Flag is special kind of information security competition. They can either be single event or ongoing challenges - and typically fall into three main categories : Jeopardy, Attack-Defense and mixed events.
What are Capture the Flag competitions ?
Capture the Flag hacking competitions are exactly like first-person shooter game mode. One team of players attempt to locate and capture an opposing team's "FLAG" while defending their own flag. In CTF competitions, the flag is typically a snippet of code, piece of hardware on a network, or perhaps a file. In other cases, the competition may progress through a series of questions, like a race.
Jeopardy CTF
Jeopardy-style CTFs' present competitors with a set of questions that reveal clues that guide them in solving complex task in a specific order. By revealing clues, contestants learn the right direction regarding techniques and methodologies that are needed for going forward. Teams receive points for each solved task, the more points you can earn upon its successful completion.
Ongoing, online CTF competitions are most likely to be Jeopardy style. It's easier to play solo, and requires less co-ordination among players than an Attack and Defense.
Attack- Defense
This style of competition is much closer to the backyard capture the flag game than the Jeopardy style. In these types of events, team defends a host PC while still trying to attack opposing team's target PCs. Each team starts off with an allotted time for patching and securing the PC, trying to discover as many vulnerabilities as possible before the opponents' attacking team can strike. Team receive points for saving off attacks from opposing teams and successfully infiltrating other teams. The team with the most points wins.
Mixed Events
Mixed Events
As the name suggests, mixed competitions are an amalgam of Jeopardy and Attack-Defend formats. Sometimes organizers will segment the competitions into different events. Other times organizers might split teams to compete in concurrent events of different styles.
Types of Capture the Flag Questions :
Even if 'gamified learning' sounds daunting, one finds solace in the fact that CTF questions typically fall into five categories. You don't have to become an expert in every subject or technical area, but you should have a working knowledge of each.
Question Type 1 : Binary Exploitation
Question Type 1 : Reverse Engineering
Question Type 1 : Web Exploitation
Question Type 1 : Cryptography
Question Type 1 : Forensics.
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