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CTF 101 Series: What about the "Other" Category?

CTF 101 Series: What about the "Other" Category?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

CTF 101 Series: What is Reconnaissance?

CTF 101 Series: What is Reconnaissance?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

CTF 101 Series: What is Reverse Engineering?

CTF 101 Series: What is Reverse Engineering?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

CTF 101 Series: What is Forensics?

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CTF 101 Series: What is Forensics?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

CTF 101 Series: What is Web Exploitation?

CTF 101 Series: What is Web Exploitation?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

CTF 101 Series: What is Binary Exploitation?

CTF 101 Series: What is Binary Exploitation?

A Capture-the-Flag or “CTF” is a cybersecurity competition designed to test and sharpen security skills through hands-on challenges that simulate real-world situations. MetaCTF offers training in eight different categories: Binary Exploitation, Cryptography, Web Exploitation, Forensics, Reconnaissance, Reverse Engineering, CyberRange, and Other / Miscellaneous. This blog is part of a series that

Five Ideas to Make Cybersecurity Awareness Month More Fun

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Five Ideas to Make Cybersecurity Awareness Month More Fun

Who can believe that October and Cybersecurity Awareness Month is just over a month away? It’s likely that you and your team have been planning content and programming for your organization. If you haven’t, it’s no problem, there’s still plenty of time. As you look to

The Top 3 Cybersecurity Challenges Faced by SMBs

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The Top 3 Cybersecurity Challenges Faced by SMBs

Successful Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs) today are investing in solid technology infrastructure, secure networks, and cybersecurity education for their employees. But the world of cybersecurity can seem so broad, foreign, and intimidating that many business owners don’t know where to start. This blog is for business owners who

May Recap: Antisyphon InfoSec Training livestreams MetaCTF solutions

May Recap: Antisyphon InfoSec Training livestreams MetaCTF solutions

Last month, Antisyphon InfoSec Training [https://www.antisyphontraining.com/] hosted a livestream where they unpacked the answers to three web security challenges from a flash CTFs (i.e. short competition that can be completed in a day) designed and run by MetaCTF [https://www.metmuseum.org/]. By the way -

What is a Capture-the-Flag or "CTF" in Cybersecurity?

What is a Capture-the-Flag or "CTF" in Cybersecurity?

MetaCTF was founded to make cybersecurity more accessible and fun. We believe in learning by doing, and gamified training has proven to be an effective way to teach new security skills. Whether you’re an infosec professional or a software developer, you don’t want to encounter your first security

MetaCTF Founder tells the University of Virginia about vision to make the digital world “secure by design”

MetaCTF Founder tells the University of Virginia about vision to make the digital world “secure by design”

A few weeks ago, the University of Virginia (UVA) published a Q&A article with MetaCTF Founder and UVA grad Roman Bohuk in their alumni publication UVAToday [https://news.virginia.edu/]. Bohuk shared some insights that are relevant to anyone curious about the cybersecurity space, which we have highlighted below.

3 reasons your team needs cybersecurity training

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3 reasons your team needs cybersecurity training

How do you know whether your team has the cybersecurity skills you want and your customers deserve? If you are considering options for boosting your organization's cybersecurity capabilities, here are three reasons why additional training is worth the investment. If you’re looking for a partner who can help you

2022 Wild West Hackin’ Fest Way West features CTF run by MetaCTF for 5th year in a row

2022 Wild West Hackin’ Fest Way West features CTF run by MetaCTF for 5th year in a row

MetaCTF is proud to announce that we will be running the Capture The Flag (CTF) security training at this year’s Wild West Hackin’ Fest Way West in San Diego [https://wildwesthackinfest.com/way-west/] from May 4-6, 2022. Virtual and in-person registration is available on the WWHF website [https://wildwesthackinfest.

What do I need to do to set up a CTF at my company?

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What do I need to do to set up a CTF at my company?

You know that your team needs more cybersecurity training. And you have probably heard that gamified trainings like Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions keep your team engaged and maximize their learning. But how do you set one up? Whether you are managing your team’s security training and compliance, or

MetaCTF’s founder speaks on how gamification accelerates cybersecurity education

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MetaCTF’s founder speaks on how gamification accelerates cybersecurity education

MetaCTF Founder and CEO Roman Bohuk [https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanbohuk/]was featured on a panel hosted by the National Cyberwatch Center [https://www.nationalcyberwatch.org/] on March 16, 2022. The panel’s topic was “Using cybersecurity competitions to facilitate learning.” Bohuk was invited to share his expertise on

5 reasons a Cybersecurity CTF can help everyone on your team

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5 reasons a Cybersecurity CTF can help everyone on your team

A Capture-the-Flag (CTF) [https://metactf.com/companies] is a cybersecurity training activity in which individuals or teams solve a variety of cybersecurity challenges to find a hidden piece of data called a "flag." For example, the participants may be asked to decrypt a message, reverse engineer a binary, or trace

"Unionized" - CyberGames 2021 Writeup

Welcome to our writeup series! Blog posts like these will go over solutions to one of our old challenges and will often feature writeups by participants. We'll try to publish these regularly. This solution was written by Caitlin Whitehead (aka knittingirl), who represented the Knightsec team from Hack@UCF and

MetaCTF CyberGames 2021 Recap

Overview MetaCTF CyberGames 2021 was our 7th annual capture-the-flag (CTF) competition and our largest event to date! The event was free and open to everyone, and it challenged participants of all skill levels to learn new cybersecurity techniques and skills covering a variety of topics such as binary exploitation, cryptography,