InCTF’ 10

InCTF’ 10 - This is my first ever experience to organise an event which is fully online. The total number of registrations were very high and finally, we have around 180 teams from 16 different states who have completed their registration by paying us Rs150 as DD. They are all actively participating in the contest. We are happy to see that teams are effectively using google group to share their knowledge on various things. Though I have coordinated many events in my college life but this is different from all. Few reason are:

1. As mentioned it is fully online, so its a different experience.

2. I persist very limited knowledge in the field of security as I am least interested. Thus, with this contest I am learning a lot about cyber crime, cyber wars, secure coding pratices etc.

3. I used to make phone calls and speak to many teams regarding various issues, thus my contacts are increasing. It is helping me to improve my communication skills.

Well, First round is divided into 4 different tasks, of which many have finished first. There are few teams who have also finished all the 3 tasks and waiting for the last and final task for round 1. Final task(task4) is time bounded and so, we can’t send them as many teams have not yet completed task2 and task3 due their periodical exams. It is highly recommended that they finish it fast and report us at inctf@am.amrita.edu as we might not wait for long. All teams have been sent an email with the proposed dates for the first(final task) and second round. They need to choose and inform us asap.

We deeply apologise for not following the schedule, this is because the main motive of organising this contest is to make students learn more on security and secure coding practise. First round is the learning round and thus we want manximum student to get benifit from first round. Though final task for first round, second round and third round are time bounded and once the schecule is fixed(after concerning all the teams) will be followed strictly. I hope, teams will complete their task soon and report us. I also hope that all teams must be enjoying in learning new things in the same way we are enjoyng in organising this contest.

NOTE( FOR ALL TEAMS) : It is advices to complete the tasks asap and it is mandatory to confirm us via email on completion. If any team is stuck and are facing difficulty in completing any task, they can email their queries at inctf@am.amrita.edu and can even post their quries in google groups and get it solved.

InCTF – India’s First CTF style Ethical Hacking Contest…!!!

Now, this  is something which never happened in India. Amrita University and TIFAC – Core in association with VeriSign, is all set to host India’s first Capture The Flag style (CTF) Ethical Hacking contest. InCTF ’10 focus on students making them aware about secure coding practices .We will help you out, so that you can learn everything from scratch and participate in your University itself, under a faculty mentor who can help you out.

When :- InCTF ’10 begins from February 2010 to March 2010. 2months filled with hands-on experience in vulnerability identification, exploitation and patching with lots of fun and exposures in the field of hacking.

Pre-requisite :- You do not need to be a professional hacker to participate in this contest. All you need is to be familiar with any programming language and it is recommended to be familiar with the any standard linux distro.

Steping Stone :- Hurry..! make a team maximum of 5, choose a mentor from your University, click here to visit the website and register your team. Send a Demand Draft of just Rs150/- in favour of “Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham” from any nationalized bank and send to th mentioned address. Do not waste your time, you can start learning as soon as you are done with registeration.

WOW..! :- Winning team will recieve a cash prize of Rs 40,000/- . First Runner-up will recieve a cash prize of Rs 30,000/-, Second Runners-up – Rs20.000/-. Apart from this Top 30 teams get a cash prize, Certificates of merit and other goodies. Special prize for the University with maximum participation and faculty mentors of the top 5 teams. Also University with winning team will be awarded a “Champion University” award.

More Over you have a chance to called as “India’s No.1 Ethical Hacking Team”.

You still waiting…?? hurry-up register your team today itself and learn, hack and win..!!

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