The CTF knockout is a two-round cybersecurity competition testing indiviual skills in
vulnerability
exploitation and flag capture. Participants will compete in a preliminary quiz and a final
hands-on CTF
showdown across various cybersecurity categories.
Event structure
Prelims: 20-minute quiz on security basics.
Finals: Hack opponents' systems in a CTF showdown to capture their flags and "knock out" rivals.
Objective: Be the last participant with an active system to win.!
The final round of CypherStorm is an all-out cybersecurity battle. Each participant is assigned
a virtual machine (VM) loaded with hidden vulnerabilities. The objective? Hack into opponents’
systems, capture their flags, and knock them out of the competition. The flags, consisting of
SSH usernames and passwords, are well-protected within each VM.