diff --git a/UACTF/README.md b/UACTF/README.md index a4045d3..e8a18ed 100644 --- a/UACTF/README.md +++ b/UACTF/README.md @@ -1 +1,47 @@ -# The University of Alabama Capture the Flag Competition \ No newline at end of file +# The University of Alabama Capture the Flag Competition + +The University of Alabama Capture the Flag Competition 2021 (UACTF) is sponsored by +the University of Alabama’s Computer Science Department, Regions, Crimson Defense +Cyber Security Club, and the Digital Forensics and Control Systems Security Lab. UACTF +2021 will be a Jeopardy-style Capture the Flag Competition. There will be several +categories to choose from with each category including easy, medium, and difficult +challenges worth a varying amount of points. Clues will be available to help teams with +solving the challenges, but these clues will cost the team points. The teams’ objective is +to solve the challenges to score as many points as possible. +Although UACTF is in the style of a competition, this is a fun educational exercise. There +are opportunities for students at all skill levels. Through UACTF, students will be provided +with opportunities to collaborate, learn, and be exposed to a different way of thinking +about cyber security. This will include thinking about possible careers in the cyber +security field. +The material in this guide has been collected from several sources across the Internet. +This guide will provide teams with a common starting point for preparing for UACTF and +is not all inclusive of the challenges involved in UACTF. UACTF is not a hacking contest. +Think of UACTF as more of a puzzle solving challenge with a cyber security theme. +Below is a list of topics that might be seen during UACTF. This should not be considered +a comprehensive list of the types of challenges that will be seen during the competition. +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +• +Binary exploitation +Code-breaking and decoding +Cryptography +Database security & SQL injection attacks +Digital forensics +Email analysis +File analysis +Network traffic analysis +Programming +Reverse engineering +Social engineering +Website security +The following provides additional information and links for some of the challenge types +to assist the students in preparing for UACTF 2021.