Prepare yourself for the Google Capture The Flag event! Ready your tools, organize your scripts, and free up your time. The competition starts at 6:00 PM UTC on June 21, 2024, and will continue until 6:00 PM UTC on June 23, 2024. You can register now at goo.gle/ctf.
Join the Google CTF (at goo.gle/ctf), an exciting platform to demonstrate your technical skills. The Google Capture The Flag competition features an array of cybersecurity challenges including reverse-engineering, memory manipulation, cryptography, web technologies, and more. Participants can leverage specialized security knowledge to identify vulnerabilities through bugs and unconventional exploitation. Progressing through the challenges earns your team points, helping you climb the leaderboard.
The top 8 teams from the Google CTF will secure a spot in our Hackceler8 challenge held in Málaga, Spain later this year as part of our broader event called Escal8. Hackceler8 is a unique competitive hacking game designed to combine elements of CTF challenges and speedrunning.
Check out a snapshot from a previous year’s Hackceler8 game
During the contest, teams must devise smart strategies to exploit the game elements for speedy flag captures.
The previous year saw teams embodying Bartholomew (Mew) – the fluffy and endearing hero of Hackceler8 2023, charged with thwarting the malevolent rA.Ibbit’s conquest of Silicon Valley! What escapades await Mew this time? Visit the 2023 big showdown for a glimpse of the plot and gameplay. The prize pool for this year’s Google CTF and Hackceler8 exceeds $32,000.
Eager to kick off early? Interested in delving deeper or gaining an edge in the competition? Explore previous year’s challenges, including past Hackceler8 matches, all open-sourced here. Or draw inspiration by indulging in numerous Hackceler8 2023 videos!
If you’re new to this realm, view our film H4CK1NG GOOGLE, an excellent introduction to security. We also suggest exploring this year’s Newcomer’s Challenge slated for release later this summer, designed to teach basic tools and strategies through simplified game-like tasks. Last year, we delved into temporal hacking – utilize this to equip yourself for what lies ahead.
If you are an experienced CTF player or simply intrigued by cybersecurity and ethical hacking, we extend an invitation for you to join us. Register for the Google CTF to enhance your expertise, make new acquaintances in the security community, and even witness professionals in action. For the most recent updates, visit goo.gle/ctf, subscribe to our mailing list, or follow us on Twitter @GoogleVRP. Interested in hunting bugs for Google? Explore bughunters.google.com. Meet you there!
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