Fri, 30 May 2025, 17:00 UTC — Sat, 31 May 2025, 20:00 UTC 
On-site
US, Santa Clara
A Hardware CTF by Quarkslab event.
Format: Jeopardy 
Official URL: https://hwctf.quarkslab.com/
Event organizers
Seventh edition of the Hardware CTF for Hardwear.io USA 2025.
We've got plenty of challenges related to various themes such as PCB reversing, Microsoldering, BLE, RFID, MCU, automotive and much more. We provide the hardware hacking tools you might need (soldering iron,...) as well as guidance on how to use them.
Challenges creation and CTF organization by Quarkslab.
Prizes sponsored by Phosphorus.
Winner:
* Saleae Logic Pro 8
* PCBite Kit
* No Starch Press book
Second place:
* Saleae Logic Pro 8
* No Starch Press book
Third place:
* PCBite Kit
* No Starch Press book
29 teams total
| Place | Team | CTF points | Rating points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset Recon | 1850.000 | 0.000 | |
| 2 | Praetorian | 1725.000 | 0.000 | |
| 3 | InfoSect | 1625.000 | 0.000 | |
| 4 | tokebak | 1150.000 | 0.000 | |
| 5 | Hacking_Time_1337 | 605.000 | 0.000 | |
| 6 | Plink_It | 510.000 | 0.000 | |
| 7 | salamandre | 395.000 | 0.000 | |
| 8 | Stick it up your UART | 350.000 | 0.000 | |
| 9 | hax4snax | 305.000 | 0.000 | |
| 10 | twedofu | 270.000 | 0.000 | |
| 11 | balex | 150.000 | 0.000 | |
| 12 | satanicwarmaster | 80.000 | 0.000 | |
| 13 | Squid Proxy Lovers | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 14 | @GR007 | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 15 | solcoteh | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 16 | noOne | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 17 | IgelsCTF | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 19 | 0b1n0 | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 20 | poelr | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 21 | 21yhtp | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 22 | DearNoOne | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 23 | mikejam | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 24 | torontokyo | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 25 | xerhat | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 26 | pk1 | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 27 | _dw.chongNhuQuynh | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 28 | wincr4ck | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 29 | late1n4dvance | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
| 30 | Darwin | 50.000 | 0.000 | |
