Tue, 02 Dec. 2025, 01:00 UTC — Thu, 01 Jan. 2026, 04:59 UTC 
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A CyberStudents’ Advent of CTF event.
Format: Jeopardy 
Official URL: https://cyberstudents.net/advent
This event is limited to individual participation! No global rating points.
This event lasts more than 5 days! No global rating points.
Event organizers
Every day from December 1st to 25th, solve beginner-oriented gamified cybersecurity challenges. Get familiar with capture-the-flag challenges and cyber concepts from a wide range of popular categories.
- Beginner-oriented; challenges get harder as the month progresses
- 25 challenges, 6 categories: Web exploitation, Cryptography, Forensics, Binary exploitation, Reverse engineering, Misc.
- Hints release for each challenge after 12 and 24 hours; help allowed
A new challenge is released every day at 8 pm EST. This is an individual event. Learn more and register at: https://cyberstudents.net/advent/2025/register
Prize Pool: Worth $12,000+ (Thank you to Veria Labs, APIsec University, and CTFGuide)
Student (College and High School) Division:
1st place:
225 USD + CTFGuide Pro 1 year + ASCP, CASA, ACP
2nd place:
125 USD + CTFGuide Pro 3 months + ASCP, CASA, ACP
3rd place:
75 USD + CTFGuide Pro 1 month + ASCP, CASA, ACP
High School Only Division:
1st place:
ASCP, CASA, ACP + CTFGuide Pro 1 year
2nd place:
ASCP, CASA, ACP + CTFGuide Pro 3 months
3rd place:
CASA, ACP + CTFGuide Pro 1 month
Write-Up Division:
Best Well-Written Solution:
25 USD + CTFGuide Pro 3 months + CASA, ACP
Best Technical Solution:
25 USD + CTFGuide Pro 3 months + CASA, ACP
Best Unintended Solution:
25 USD + CTFGuide Pro 3 months + CASA, ACP
