Capture The Flag Challenge(TamilNadu)

1.Team Composition:

• Team of up to 3-5 students.

2.Challenge Type:

• Participants solve puzzles and exploit vulnerabilities to find hidden “flags” (secret codes).
• Practical, hands-on challenges using industry-standard tools like Wireshark, Nmap, and Burp Suite.

3.Skills Covered:

• Cybersecurity fundamentals, ethical hacking, problem-solving, and teamwork.
• Focus on building critical thinking, resilience, and creative approaches to defending digital systems.

KITS-CTF Criterion

• Refrain from registering and playing with multiple teams.
• Participants are allowed to bring their own laptops.
• Teams shall not share flags or any hints with other team participants.
• Seeking assistance in the form of hints on challenges via DM, etc is not permitted.
• Avoid performing attacks/modifying the scoreboard or our infra. (e.g. DoS)
• The prize money will be transferred in INR. The organizing committee shall be responsible for transferring the prize money.
• We will ask for your Personal Identifiable Information (PII) for payment of rewards and checking of anti-social forces
• Usage of AI tools will not be entertained.
• We will not support multiple transfer accounts. Only one bank account can receive the rewards.
• Top 2 Team(s) will need to send their write ups to us
• The following is a sample of a valid flag . Any flag not in a similar format is a false flag. Sample flag KITS-CTF{Th!$_!$_@_$@mp13_71@9}.
• We reserve the right to ban and disqualify any teams breaking any of these rules.
• You are not allowed to brute-force any challenge on a server, unless specified otherwise.
• Collaboration between competing teams is not allowed.
• Flag hoarding is not allowed.
• We reserve the right to ban and disqualify any teams breaking any of these rules.

Ground Rules

• Treat everyone with respect. We do not tolerate any kind of harassment. If you have a concern for any reason, please contact admin immediately.
• Posting flags in any place is strictly prohibited.
• Write-ups or solution discussions should only be shared after the CTF has officially ended.
• Any attempt to disrupt or attack the CTF infrastructure is strictly prohibited.
• Do not advertise other events or activities without prior approval from the organizers/admins.
• Violating any of the above rules may result in immediate disqualification and a ban from continuing KITS-CTF.

Disclaimer:

• Decision taken by admins in KITS-CTF regarding any disputes is final.