Standoff is a large-scale cyber battle simulating real-world attacks and defenses on replicas of IT systems from various industries. Red and blue teams compete in a hyper-realistic virtual city, targeting or defending sectors like banking, energy, and telecom. Open to international teams only. Red teams test systems with any TTPs; blue teams investigate and respond to live attacks.

When: October 6–8
Apply before: September 1

Standoff is not a classic attack-defense CTF. In terms of infrastructure, we're aiming to resemble real-world IT infrastructures instead of single VMs or tasks. In some ways, you can compare it with Pro Labs on Hack The Box. Our range consists of several of these infrastructures, each representing some kind of enterprise (e.g., a bank, an IT company, or even a metal production facility), and as an attacker, you'll have to breach the perimeter, perform some lateral movement inside, and then find and solve the tasks. You'll also have to fill out a pentest-like report on your actions to score.

The blue teams will either monitor their piece of infrastructure and write reports on incidents that occurred there, or, in some cases, they will actively counter the attackers by using EDR software.

Also, you can try out online ranges at https://standoff365.com/en-US/ to get an idea of what to expect at the main event.

Please contact https://x.com/amoshkov if you have any questions.

1st place - $ 10 000
2nd place - $ 5 000
3rd place - $ 2 500