Details for the CTF (Capture The Flag) online event are now live!
Information available in
English
Japanese
Information & Date
Online Jeopardy-style
Date: September 08, 06:00 - September 09, 06:00 UTC
Competition Timeframe: 24 Hours
Languages: Japanese, English
What's CyberRebeatCTF?
CyberRebeat is the name of a novel game created by doujin circle, E.N.Nach.
The game focuses on the topics of cybersecurity, hackers and CTF.
The rarity of these subjects alongside the high quality of the game itself netted many awards in Japan.
To celebrate the launching of the English version of CyberRebeat on Steam, this event was organized to get people interested in CTF.
What's CTF?
CTF (Capture The Flag) is a type of competition that utilizes the techniques and knowledge of information security.
There are many varieties of CTF but this event will be a Jeopardy-style CTF (ie. question-based) competition.
For more detailed information, check out the entry on Wikipedia.
FAQ
Q. How will the quality and management of the CTF competition work? Will it be a true to form simulation? Also, what is the difficulty level?
A. CyberRebeatCTF will be run with the cooperation and guidance of Active Defense Institute, Ltd. and Aqutras Inc.
They will be running the score sever as well as aid in the creation of the questions.
The questions will range in difficulty so that everyone from non-engineers to experienced CTF participants can enjoy it.
Q. Will there be any disadvantages if you haven't played the game this is based on?
A. No. The contents of the questions will be no different from standard CTF.
However, unrelated to the answers, there will be questions like for example, a Stegano problem that may use images from the game.
This is the level of collaboration we will have regarding the CyberRebeat game itself.
You can register now through the official website listed above if you’re interested in participating in the event.
Be sure to pick up CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare- on steam if you haven't already! There's a demo available on Steam that you can give a try before buying if you'd like.
Follow the official Twitter for the latest updates on this event!