{"id":444,"date":"2023-06-20T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3.85.236.57\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2024-10-22T19:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:13:53","slug":"con-hackerschallenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saintcon.org\/con-hackerschallenge\/","title":{"rendered":"CON &#8211; HackersChallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/HC24.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><small>Brought to you by<\/small><br \/><b>Zevlag and Associates<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Hackers Challenge is the premiere challenge of SAINTCON.<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"uk-panel uk-margin-medium\">The Hackers Challenge contest is an event held annually during the SAINTCON conference to challenge your skills as a security professional by presenting players with technology, logical, and security related puzzles and challenges.<\/p>\n<h4>The contest starts at: <a href=\"https:\/\/HackersChallenge.org\/\">https:\/\/HackersChallenge.org\/<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Everything you need to know&#8230;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Roughly defined, the Hackers Challenge contest is a Jeopardy-like progressive game where players are presented with puzzles that require various security and technical skills to solve. Attendees work on these challenges and submit keys collected from solving them in order to earn points. The person with the highest score at the end of the contest wins.<br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"uk-width-expand@m uk-first-column\">\n<div class=\"uk-panel uk-margin-remove-first-child uk-margin-large uk-text-center@m uk-text-center uk-scrollspy-inview \" uk-scrollspy-class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"el-title uk-h3 uk-margin-top uk-margin-remove-bottom\" style=\"text-align: left;\">CONTEST RULES<\/h3>\n<div class=\"el-content uk-panel uk-margin-top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>The rules for the Hackers Challenge are loosely defined, but strictly include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Play the game ethically<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>Which means that you should not take any unfair advantage of other players<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Do NOT share captured flags<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>You lose scoring advantages anyway so why would you?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>TEAMWORK is allowed and even encouraged<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>However there can only be one \u201cWinner\u201d of the game. Choose your friends wisely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Do NOT brute force the scoring server<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>None of the challenges have a brute-force component. Brute-Forcers get banned from the game.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>Do NOT steal flags from other players<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>But Social Engineering is fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>You must use the same email address that you registered for SAINTCON with. If you are having problems with this please ask for help in the #hackers-challenge channel on SAINTCON discord.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2>Hours of Operation<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Contest Start<\/strong><br \/>Tuesday \u2013 Noon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contest End<\/strong><br \/>Friday \u2013 10:00a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"uk-panel uk-margin\" id=\"page#0\">\n<h3>Booth Hours<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><br \/>10:30a \u2013 5:00p<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><br \/>10:30a \u2013 5:00p<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday<\/strong><br \/>9:00a \u2013 5:00p<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday<\/strong><br \/>9:00a \u2013 10:00a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/HackersChal-2023_Graphic_Logo.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/HackersChal-2023_5K_Wallpaper.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Desktop Wallpaper<\/h3>\n<p>Do you Love our Contest?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Our challenge has desktop wallpaper available for download.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/HackersChal-2023_5K_Wallpaper.png\">Download Wallpaper<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"header_transparent\":true,\"header_transparent_noplaceholder\":false,\"header_transparent_text_color\":\"light\",\"height\":\"viewport\",\"height_offset_top\":true,\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/WebBackgrounds-All-09.png\",\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"image_size\":\"cover\",\"padding\":\"none\",\"sticky\":\"cover\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"margin_remove_top\":true},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"props\":{\"image\":\"wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/HC24.svg\",\"image_svg_color\":\"emphasis\",\"image_width\":\"512\",\"margin\":\"small\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":true,\"margin_remove_top\":true,\"text_align\":\"center\"},\"name\":\"LOGO IMAGE (SVG)\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p><small>Brought to you by<\\\/small><br \\\/><b>Zevlag and Associates<\\\/b><\\\/p>\",\"margin\":\"default\",\"margin_remove_top\":true,\"text_align\":\"center\",\"text_color\":\"emphasis\",\"text_style\":\"large\"},\"name\":\"Credits Text\"}]}]}]},{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"header_transparent\":true,\"header_transparent_text_color\":\"light\",\"image_position\":\"top-center\",\"overlap\":false,\"padding_remove_bottom\":false,\"padding_remove_top\":false,\"preserve_color\":false,\"style\":\"secondary\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"\",\"width\":\"default\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"column_gap\":\"large\",\"divider\":false,\"layout\":\"3-4,1-4\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_small\":\"3-4\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Hackers Challenge is the premiere challenge of SAINTCON.\",\"margin\":\"large\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":true,\"maxwidth\":\"2xlarge\",\"title_element\":\"h2\",\"title_style\":\"h1\"},\"name\":\"Tagline Header\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p class=\\\"uk-panel uk-margin-medium\\\">The Hackers Challenge contest is an event held annually during the SAINTCON conference to challenge your skills as a security professional by presenting players with technology, logical, and security related puzzles and challenges.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>The contest starts at: <a href=\\\"https:\\\/\\\/HackersChallenge.org\\\/\\\">https:\\\/\\\/HackersChallenge.org\\\/<\\\/a><\\\/h4>\",\"margin\":\"default\",\"maxwidth\":\"2xlarge\"},\"name\":\"Brief Description\"},{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Everything you need to know...\",\"margin\":\"large\",\"margin_remove_bottom\":true,\"maxwidth\":\"2xlarge\",\"title_element\":\"h3\",\"title_style\":\"h2\"},\"name\":\"Explore Header\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"content\":\"\n\n<p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\">Roughly defined, the Hackers Challenge contest is a Jeopardy-like progressive game where players are presented with puzzles that require various security and technical skills to solve. 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