CompSoc Intervarsity Capture the Flag - 2025
About the Competition
Represent your university in our intervarsity capture the flag! With challenges for webhacking, cryptography, pwning, and more - there's something for everyone!
Event Details
- Date: February 1st, 2025
- Location: Bailey Allen Hall, University of Galway
- Teams: Up to 4 members per team
- Tickets: Available here
- Event Discord: Join here!
What's a Capture the Flag?
Capture the flags are events where teams race each other to solve puzzles and find hidden codes or ‘flags’. These puzzles can be technical (deciphering a password from a website, finding the GPS co-ordinates of where a .png photo was taken), but many are solvable without knowing a single thing about computers or programming (like deciphering morse code, solving a crossword, or answering movie trivia!) They’re a fantastic way to test what you already know, learn what you don’t, and meet other people with a passion for tech. Some great starter CTFs to get a feel for what they’re like are:
What kind of challenges will there be?
We plan to have a diverse range of challenges so that no matter what your skill set is, there will be something for you to tackle and keep you entertained. Challenges will cover:
- Web exploiting
- Reverse engineering
- Binary exploitation
- Forensics
- Cryptography
- OSINT
- Network security
- Word puzzles (like the type you can find at www.nytimes.com/games/)
- ... and much much more!!
What’s up for grabs?
This year’s event is sponsored by some of the biggest tech companies in Ireland, so we’re happy to announce a prize pot of €1000. Prizes will be going to the top three teams, with additional spot prizes going on the day!!
How do I sign up?
You can buy your tickets at our college's society store.
Teams can be up to four members.
To qualify for the inter-varsity leaderboard and prizes your team must all be from the same college. Don’t worry though, there will also be a general board for other teams to compete with one another.
Schedule
Time | Event |
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10:30 | Doors open |
11:00 | Challenges start |
13:30 | Lunch |
16:00 | Challenges close and prize giving |
Sponsors
We are very grateful to our following sponsors for enabling this year's event:
Platinum Sponsor |
Gold Sponsors |
Silver Sponsors |