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PwnSec

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  • TheRealPwnSec
  • PwnSec - Free Palestine
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PwnSec is an international CTF team. It was founded in late 2022 with only 4 members. Today, we are a family of 30+ members made of university students and industry professionals.

We are actively looking for passionate members who are passionate, curious and perseverant. If interested, please DM @aelmo1 or @zabuqasem on Discord.

Participated in CTF events

Overall rating place: 42 with 459.598 pts in 2025

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
13SAS CTF 2025 Finals474.82931.084
88osu!gaming CTF 20251768.00000.000*
80m0leCon CTF 2026 Teaser150.00006.284
27Hack.lu CTF 20251566.000031.832
6Securinets CTF Quals 20257393.000070.617
35SunshineCTF 20254224.000029.339
119FAUST CTF 20254924.076410.898
18CrewCTF 20252240.000013.318
4[DELAYED] CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20258327.000020.588
14FortID CTF 20254318.000017.301
1Nullcon Berlin HackIM 2025 CTF7658.000060.000
23TFC CTF 20251146.000014.101
20Lexington Informatics Tournament CTF 20255086.000053.328
48HITCON CTF 2025671.000015.402
9BrunnerCTF 202515906.000019.514
44SekaiCTF 20251065.000011.285
14WHY2025 CTF4200.00000.000
21idekCTF 20252888.000019.147
12World Wide CTF 20258911.000017.217
54UIUCTF 2025951.000020.126
3DeadSec CTF 20257686.000036.797
19DownUnderCTF 20256023.000051.629
186Crypto CTF 202561.00001.380
9L3akCTF 20259680.000019.055
20R3CTF 20253221.00004.795
67Google Capture The Flag 2025720.000010.585
8GPN CTF 20252829.000034.954
17smileyCTF 20252341.000016.590
23TJCTF 202510855.000044.348
5N0PSctf6329.000022.605
80D^3CTF 2025600.00005.262
61Midnight Sun CTF 2025 Quals383.000010.041
10Break the Syntax CTF 20255736.000033.540
28DevSecOps CTF 2025307.000017.856
25UMDCTF 20258380.000038.464
68CTF@CIT 202519702.000013.485
7UMassCTF 20257456.000035.920
124DEF CON CTF Qualifier 202544.00001.251
531753CTF 20251290.000013.065
104PlaidCTF 2025143.00004.261
13TAMUctf 20253902.000028.954
73DiceCTF 2025 Quals597.000010.543
15Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2025: Tales from Eldoria56025.000025.179
46PwnMe CTF Quals 20252306.00006.457
61BroncoCTF 20254086.00008.441
77LA CTF 20255797.000012.785
40BITSCTF 20252260.00005.571
48Nullcon Goa HackIM 2025 CTF1213.00009.989
80x3CTF 2025 (feat. mvm)444.00001.958
30Srdnlen CTF 2025 Quals990.00007.732
33UofTCTF 20252791.00005.939

Overall rating place: 125 with 276.515 pts in 2024

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
410xL4ugh CTF740.00003.050
19BackdoorCTF 20241770.000011.530
1440CTF 202470.00001.379
16niteCTF 20242093.00008.503
102World Wide CTF 2024681.00002.149
251CYBERGON CTF_2024126.00000.722
64 GlacierCTF 2024560.00003.128
66CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20244456.000015.497
114SekaiCTF 2024439.00003.168
93idekCTF 2024876.00006.392
136n00bzCTF 20245835.000013.915
63DeadSec CTF 2024800.00003.702
37ImaginaryCTF 20244404.000016.111
200HITCON CTF 2024 Quals50.00001.091
55DownUnderCTF 20243597.000021.955
134UIUCTF 20242753.000015.291
93Google Capture The Flag 2024359.00005.727
66Wani CTF 20242593.000010.104
41vsCTF 20243948.000012.738
106Crypto CTF 2024111.00002.336
7Akasec CTF 20247741.000015.145
1N0PSctf7442.000048.680
17NahamCon CTF 202413210.000029.040
38TJCTF 20242380.000010.024
78San Diego CTF 2024450.00003.009
115TBTL CTF 2024500.00002.769
67UMDCTF 20243278.000011.488
62Midnight Sun CTF 2024 Quals466.00003.847
72UMassCTF 20241658.00008.080
2Incognito 5.03660.000032.925
8Space Heroes 20246528.000016.945
41TAMUctf 20244485.000015.076
28AmateursCTF 20245462.000010.382
98JerseyCTF IV3762.00003.080
77Cyber Apocalypse 2024: Hacker Royale15200.000018.463
40Pearl CTF2095.00004.510
107osu!gaming CTF 20242368.00006.615
361VishwaCTF 2024950.00002.271
37BraekerCTF946.00006.678
3BITSCTF 20248237.000029.059
280xL4ugh CTF 20241655.00005.641
62UofTCTF 20244971.00008.857
49IrisCTF 20242565.00004.795

Overall rating place: 206 with 176.226 pts in 2023

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
182FE-CTF 2023: The UniPwnie Experience268.00000.192
63TCP1P CTF 2023: First Step Beyond Nusantara1100.00002.450
57BuckeyeCTF 20232020.00007.493
34vsCTF 20233434.00008.519
2Winja CTF | Nullcon Goa 20232189.00006.821
42Pointer Overflow CTF - 20232100.00000.000
37PatriotCTF 20238795.000015.325
99DownUnderCTF 20232910.000011.788
181SekaiCTF 2023539.00001.424
25Arab Security Cyber Wargames 2023 Qualifications4500.00009.984
4CAT CTF 233625.000026.137
63ImaginaryCTF 20231862.00004.869
417zer0pts CTF 202353.00000.787
47AmateursCTF 20239543.00009.426
45NahamCon CTF 20239951.000017.874
12DanteCTF 20234792.000016.956
37BxMCTF 20231949.000013.165
50TJCTF 2023604.00004.974
8DeadSec CTF 20233223.000014.290
60HeroCTF v53273.00005.998
183m0leCon CTF 2023 Teaser50.00001.229
46Cryptoverse CTF 20234250.00008.949
216San Diego CTF 2023100.00001.037
7Punk Security DevSecOps Birthday CTF680.000015.688
99UMDCTF 20233016.00006.000
42TAMUctf 20236812.000017.071
127ångstromCTF 20231020.000027.932
33JerseyCTF III9261.00009.572
219Midnight Sun CTF 2023 Quals28.00000.368
379UMass CTF 202325.00000.215
324Cyber Apocalypse 2023: The Cursed Mission9925.000010.033
125KalmarCTF 2023500.00000.937
86pbctf 2023132.00001.654
250xL4ughCTF 20232485.00009.028
471DiceCTF 20231.00000.084
32KnightCTF 20232675.000010.383
420idekCTF 2022*100.00000.171

Overall rating place: 650 with 53.658 pts in 2022

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
23NahamCon EU 2022 CTF 2488.00005.645
331Hack The Boo2800.000013.813
149SekaiCTF 2022799.00001.965
73ADDA CTF360.00000.000
333SHELLCTF 20221162.00004.710
19Arab Security Cyber Wargames 2022 Qualifications6100.000014.811
124UACTF 2022388.00000.758
329Cyber Apocalypse CTF 2022: Intergalactic Chase 4225.00005.409
85NahamCon CTF 20225975.00006.057
380DiceCTF 2022109.00000.490
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
296Hacker's Playground 202075.00000.563
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
1608picoCTF 20185810.00000.000
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
526Tokyo Westerns/MMA CTF 2nd 201630.00000.350
955IceCTF 2016266.00000.000

Organized CTF events

NameWeight
PwnSec CTF 202523.92
PwnSec CTF 202423.92

Team members

Team writeups

EventTaskAction
BraekerCTFBinary shrink read writeup