Fri, 16 Jan. 2015, 20:30 UTC — Sun, 18 Jan. 2015, 17:30 UTC 

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Ghost in the Shellcode event.

Format: Jeopardy Jeopardy

Official URL: http://ghostintheshellcode.com/

Future weight: 80.00 

Rating weight: 80.00 

Event organizers 

Scoreboard

321 teams total

PlaceTeamCTF pointsRating points
1 Plaid Parliament of Pwning 5451.000160.000
2 Samurai 4751.000109.727
3 GoN 4001.00085.386
4 Tracer Tea 3701.00074.317
5 Gallopsled 3601.00068.849
6 0ops 3601.00066.182
7 More Smoked Leet Chicken 3551.00063.544
8 penthackon 3351.00059.180
9 AcaiBerry 3301.00057.335
10 Dragon Sector 3301.00056.446
11 blue-lotus 3051.00052.050
12 BalalaikaCr3w 2751.00047.041
13 0x8F 2601.00044.327
14 Shellphish 2501.00042.419
15 DatNoobs 2401.00040.571
16 KITCTF 2301.00038.770
17 Eindbazen 2201.00037.008
18 0x0 2101.00035.279
19 Hardc0de 2051.00034.311
20 StratumAuhuur 1951.00032.633
21 !SpamAndHex 1901.00031.709
22 dcua 1901.00031.536
23 binja 1751.00029.176
24 1064CBread 1651.00027.564
25 Tasteless 1651.00027.430
26 r00tiniers 1601.00026.574
27 0xbadf00d 1601.00026.460
28 0daysober 1451.00024.152
29 hxp 1451.00024.054
30 OpenToAll 1401.00023.228
31 Rdot.org 1401.00023.142
32 SkullSpace 1351.00022.328
33 int3pids 1351.00022.252
34 Tower of Hanoi 1351.00022.180
35 Snatch The Root 1301.00021.379
36 CLGT 1301.00021.316
37 Knightsec 1251.00020.522
38 Bitnuts 1201.00019.731
39 WE_0WN_Y0U 1151.00018.944
40 Bushwhackers 1100.00018.144
41 _TMIH_ 1051.00017.376
42 dickbutt 1051.00017.329
43 NULL Life 1051.00017.285
44 dodododo 1051.00017.243
45 MMA 1051.00017.202
46 D4rKL1ght 1001.00016.430
47 FluxFingers 951.00015.659
48 "monads" 901.00014.890
49 Delusions of Grandeur 901.00014.856
50 Guardian 901.00014.823
51 SUSlo.PAS 900.00014.777
52 Archive 851.00014.028
53 khack40 851.00013.999
54 ASIS 851.00013.971
55 likeaheron 850.00013.929
56 FAUST 801.00013.184
57 protocolocon 800.00013.144
58 ShellWarp 751.00012.401
59 psuje 701.00011.644
60 SanityHero 701.00011.621
61 TRex 701.00011.599
62 Batman's Kitchen 701.00011.578
63 XOROR 701.00011.558
64 6kr2yzj 700.00011.523
65 Ad Victoriam 651.00010.785
66 InSecurity 651.00010.766
67 vand 651.00010.748
68 squareroots 650.00010.716
69 WCSC 650.00010.699
70 SiBears 650.00010.682
71 Team Action Kaktus 650.00010.666
72 w0pr 601.0009.932
73 aegis 551.0009.182
74 No Internet Access 551.0009.168
75 AFiniteNumberOfMonkeys 551.0009.153
76 DebugTeam 501.0008.405
77 Sigma 501.0008.392
78 Hexpresso 500.0008.364
79 rocket 451.0007.632
80 longlivebufferoverflows 451.0007.619
81 Cyber Defense Action League 451.0007.607
82 SomeRandomName 450.0007.580
83 Fourchette Bombe 450.0007.568
84 SIGINT 450.0007.557
85 Ru1n3dS3c 401.0006.826
86 NYUSEC 401.0006.815
87 Bono_iPad 401.0006.805
88 0x1337 401.0006.794
89 CureSecure 401.0006.784
90 an empty fridge 400.0006.759
91 CSG 400.0006.750
92 6l0ry 400.0006.740
93 Death Dragons 666 351.0006.012
94 ECX Inc. 351.0006.002
95 [Redacted] 351.0005.993
96 mema 351.0005.985
97 cyberkastike 351.0005.976
98 PiggyBird 351.0005.968
99 Lost_in_Security 351.0005.959
100 SegFault 351.0005.951
101 MhackS 351.0005.943
102 f09f92a9 351.0005.936
103 Free The Mallocs 351.0005.928
104 Sam Rose 350.0005.906
105 herp 350.0005.899
106 The Eh Team 350.0005.891
107 Honeypot 350.0005.884
108 PlayTronics 350.0005.877
109 Zerf 350.0005.871
110 1338-offbyone 350.0005.864
111 TheEssenceOfClassAndFanciness 350.0005.857
112 HackerDom 350.0005.851
113 Neg9 350.0005.845
114 Team HeMan 350.0005.838
115 t0x0sh 350.0005.832
116 TiranoKing 301.0005.107
117 TuinfeesT 301.0005.101
118 Robot Mafia 301.0005.096
119 Tr0janH0rse 300.0005.075
120 Hackgyver 300.0005.070
121 Shadow Cats 300.0005.064
122 217 300.0005.059
123 swehack 300.0005.053
124 Whitehatters Academy 251.0004.329
125 DarthBinks 250.0004.309
126 Parasites 201.0003.585
127 .elite 201.0003.580
128 atx 201.0003.575
129 newheart 201.0003.570
130 b01lers 201.0003.565
131 vp 201.0003.561
132 Bottom of the Bottle 201.0003.556
133 r3b00+ 201.0003.551
134 IngloriousMonkeys 201.0003.547
135 wight 201.0003.543
136 tostos 201.0003.538
137 CALT 201.0003.534
138 1up 201.0003.530
139 SweCopyFloppy 201.0003.525
140 Hopjesvla 201.0003.521
141 gooligans 201.0003.517
142 Pwnlandia 201.0003.513
143 hexmen 201.0003.509
144 Bits For Everyone 201.0003.505
145 p03p0wn 201.0003.502
146 Shell Shocked 201.0003.498
147 PoopLosers 201.0003.494
148 nationalswagagency 201.0003.490
149 FiveDegrees 201.0003.487
150 blah 201.0003.483
151 overflowsec 201.0003.480
152 sherl0ck 201.0003.476
153 PLUS 201.0003.473
154 vulnhub-ctf 201.0003.469
155 Singularity 200.0003.451
156 Don't tell my boss I'm not working. 200.0003.448
157 IcePiratesv6 200.0003.445
158 amn3s1a 200.0003.442
159 BioHazard 200.0003.438
160 9447 200.0003.435
161 UFSIT 200.0003.432
162 hippos 200.0003.429
163 bkitsec 200.0003.426
164 Without Proper Instructions 200.0003.423
165 Hacking Alpacas 200.0003.420
166 Exceptional Handlers 200.0003.417
167 Catbug 200.0003.414
168 SpaCeTiMe 200.0003.411
169 rut 200.0003.409
170 Duvel 200.0003.406
171 chmod777 200.0003.403
172 n00h0u53n00bs 200.0003.400
173 TP 200.0003.398
174 lcmafia 200.0003.395
175 LosAmigos 200.0003.392
176 ufologists 200.0003.390
177 rentjong 151.0002.668
178 wolfden 151.0002.666
179 d4rwinb0ts 151.0002.663
180 teamkoroch 151.0002.661
181 UOSec 151.0002.658
182 TwoSixNine 151.0002.656
183 vuls 150.0002.639
184 breakallthethings 150.0002.636
185 Hackademics 150.0002.634
186 int 0x80 150.0002.632
187 Cl0ud Sh3llz 150.0002.629
188 4t2 101.0001.908
189 NULLify 101.0001.906
190 stoog3s 101.0001.903
191 Epic Leet Team 101.0001.901
192 Zenk-Security 100.0001.884
193 alone4ever 100.0001.882
194 YetAnotherTeam 100.0001.880
195 AutoBits 1.0000.425
196 Church of 0x41414141 1.0000.423
197 soma 1.0000.421
198 n0l3ptr 1.0000.419
199 chocateam 1.0000.417
200 Cutie Mark Crusaders 1.0000.415
201 Mad Hatters 1.0000.413
202 zzzzzzzz 1.0000.411
203 bl4de 1.0000.409
204 Bulletproof Whitehats 1.0000.407
205 CISSP Groupies 1.0000.405
206 DoWhile(Drunk) 1.0000.403
207 CTF 1.0000.401
208 AuPhishYellow 1.0000.399
209 hu3BR 1.0000.397
210 Nanerpwn 1.0000.396
211 Kuhntz 1.0000.394
212 jmp-esp 1.0000.392
213 captchaflag 1.0000.390
214 loltn 1.0000.389
215 hj 1.0000.387
216 Crimson Agents 1.0000.385
217 Molecule 1.0000.383
218 StuyStealth 1.0000.382
219 s111 1.0000.380
220 LaDosaNostra 1.0000.378
221 bim 1.0000.377
222 Caspian 1.0000.375
223 docwho 1.0000.373
224 The Feds 1.0000.372
225 Aurelius 1.0000.370
226 odexcide 1.0000.369
227 omg1337hax 1.0000.367
228 blackhathacker 1.0000.366
229 kkmining 1.0000.364
230 bucsec 1.0000.363
231 soooooooooooooooooooolo 1.0000.361
232 Peak Chaos 1.0000.360
233 lethal 1.0000.358
234 #bb0000#666666 1.0000.357
235 Checkers 1.0000.355
236 glorb_and_a_gloob 1.0000.354
237 cd80 1.0000.352
238 Gaurdian 1.0000.351
239 Ryan 1.0000.349
240 PolyHack 1.0000.348
241 Eaters 1.0000.347
242 Gunn High School 1.0000.345
243 ddaa 1.0000.344
244 KU_ST4R 1.0000.343
245 RaisedOnRadi0 1.0000.341
246 Puppycat 1.0000.340
247 sehek 1.0000.339
248 DC21321 1.0000.337
249 okudo3 1.0000.336
250 0x41 1.0000.335
251 0x20 1.0000.333
252 Buffer@MyLan0 1.0000.332
253 Hypnosec 1.0000.331
254 herpderp 1.0000.330
255 hf_c500 1.0000.328
256 Demon 1.0000.327
257 ICEWALL_ 1.0000.326
258 Altafen 1.0000.325
259 help wanted 1.0000.324
260 failedxyz 1.0000.322
261 GDDQTHJ 1.0000.321
262 XVHHV 1.0000.320
263 mau5 1.0000.319
264 DayZeroSouthAlabama 1.0000.318
265 weep 1.0000.317
266 rand0ml0l2 1.0000.315
267 Supicious Low 1.0000.314
268 Waffles210 1.0000.313
269 KevinKien 1.0000.312
270 billybillybilly 1.0000.311
271 #320/301 1.0000.310
272 STRIA 1.0000.309
273 L1ght4Freedom 1.0000.308
274 Commando Rando 1.0000.307
275 dbo 1.0000.306
276 BCS 1.0000.305
277 nucleus 1.0000.303
278 blah001 1.0000.302
279 3hellcod3 1.0000.301
280 OnePointPlz 1.0000.300
281 blackhat 1.0000.299
282 halopompoeuropah 1.0000.298
283 LosFuzzys 1.0000.297
284 OPT 1.0000.296
285 ghostbuster 1.0000.295
286 amb42 1.0000.294
287 jhisthebest 1.0000.293
288 RaZy 1.0000.292
289 RuPyless 1.0000.291
290 m1z0r3 1.0000.291
291 Team-B 1.0000.290
292 SSG 1.0000.289
293 0n30f0ur 1.0000.288
294 HappyFunBall 1.0000.287
295 20CF 1.0000.286
296 Wifi 1.0000.285
297 Chacyama 1.0000.284
298 Dystopian Narwhals 1.0000.283
299 _|__ 1.0000.282
300 ReSecurity Team 1.0000.281
301 BlackVelt 1.0000.280
302 0b1337 1.0000.280
303 WhiteHatCP 1.0000.279
304 splarcit 1.0000.278
305 bob 1.0000.277
306 Spider Pigs 1.0000.276
307 ShuHackSoc 1.0000.275
308 Oxwas941 1.0000.274
309 aether 1.0000.274
310 TheKillingTime 1.0000.273
311 SINE 1.0000.272
312 #1teaminmyhouse 1.0000.271
313 sudo !! 1.0000.270
314 tuat_mcc 1.0000.269
315 konar 1.0000.269
316 yedekbula 1.0000.268
317 1TH3H4YST4CK 1.0000.267
318 NIS 1.0000.266
319 RuTSRz6s 1.0000.265
320 hakad 1.0000.265
321 Yamagi.com 1.0000.132
________________Jan. 18, 2015, 1:58 p.m.

The game may be a great attraction, but most other categories seem to have suffered a lot from this. Two crypto tasks were just bullshit ("guess my algorithm"), the others very well-known standard vulnerabilities with straightforward solutions — plain boring. Web was more like WTF. "Forensics" was partially entertaining, but had mostly nothing to do with forensics. This CTF does not deserve a rating that high.


bechedJan. 18, 2015, 7:40 p.m.

+1
Usually gits is cool CTF, but unfortunately this time it sucked. Half of the contest was pwnadventure game, which didn't work for half of contestants.
The normal tasks were poorly designed and were closed most of the time. I'd give not more than 40 pts.


cynexitJan. 18, 2015, 9:29 p.m.

^this; the CTF was very centered around the game and it felt like the other categories suffered allot compared to the last years. This would be fine if the sole intention of the CTF would be "game hacking", but then the ration is to high.


djthdJan. 18, 2015, 11:48 p.m.

scoreboard: https://gist.github.com/suspendrs/2c07fbf8e82ebcfe0e8f


psifertexJan. 19, 2015, 2:59 a.m.

Daniel: those scores aren't official yet, we'll post official ones soon and update ctftime as well.

We're sorry folks had trouble with the game this year -- unfortunately unreal engine had a number of bugs that we weren't able to find in our testing that bit a number of folks. Our original plan was to have a demo that would have allowed earlier testing, but it turns out making a game of that scope is hard!

NO: Which crypto challenges are you referring to? vig128 was definitely broken and I'm sorry for not catching that in testing. Which other one were you referring to?


bsparJan. 19, 2015, 3:41 a.m.

I found this to be a great CTF. There were no real problems with the game (except those we created for ourselves)... I devoted most of my time to the game (that was quite fun) - I'd love to see more game hacking in CTFs!


kingofircandperlakadwnJan. 19, 2015, 4:06 a.m.

Web was a classic web scenario. Forensics was extremely classic forensics. A quarter of the CTF was the game, which required some level of preparedness to deal with anything/things you aren't familiar with. I think if you're not ready to deal with new/obscure technologies, CTF is not going to be a fun time.

This CTF deserves the higher score because the skill level barrier to entry is so much higher than others.


bechedJan. 19, 2015, 8:43 a.m.

Jordan, mtgo crypto idea was obvious, vig128 too, but it was broken. Knockers was absolutely standard and obvious, Nikoli was guessing game with non-standard implementation of hill cipher.
I'd not call these tasks good crypto tasks, the points were disbalanced (for example, pwn was not that simple, but solving it instead of the game quests did not gave advantage. Also forensic200 was simple), and many some challenges were closed most of the time (some did not open at all).

Ditmar, Web was very simple, for me it took only 10 minutes to solve. And game was not quarter of contest, it was more. There was no skill level barrier, there were just not very well prepared tasks. New technologies are OK, but CTF contests have some traditions and standards, it is not usual CTF when the whole contest is centered around one quest.

Anyway, of course it was not the worst CTF, and there was a cool pwnadventure which required a huge work to develop. Just saying that it was worse than previous GitS contests. Hope to see more diverse and interesting tasks next time. Good luck!


DutchyJan. 19, 2015, 8:51 a.m.

The game hacking was definitely new for me and I enjoyed it quite a lot. It was difficult to see what code was run on the server and what on the client, but that was all part of the challenge. I dare say this was one of the best CTFs I've played in a while.


grimmlinJan. 19, 2015, 4:38 p.m.

Well, I only did part of the Pwnadventure game and it was really awesome! I heard from teammates that the pwnables were really good too, can't comment much on the other categories...
As for the game issues, it's a shame that many people couldn't play and enjoy the challenges, I'm sure you guys put up a lot of effort in it and it was really great!


Dor1sJan. 20, 2015, 7:14 p.m.

Rating 80 is too much for this year. Many fails (with tasks) and problems (with game). @BECHED described these things above in right way.


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