Adversary Village proudly presents "Adversary Wars CTF", an official contest at DEF CON 34, where the participants will have to pose as adversaries and replicate adversarial actions against each element of a "target" organization. Adversary Wars features real-world simulation of CTF scenarios and challenges, where participants can perform various attacks and learn new attack vectors, TTPs and techniques. To visualize the CTF environment, the contest area will feature a miniature model of the city made using interlocking-plastic-bricks. The breached components or organization buildings will be physically marked in the city model as the CTF progresses. We are excited to be back at DEF CON as an official contest this year. Adversary Wars CTF will be located in the contest area for DEF CON 34.
There is a target city called Adversary City, and it is under attack. Its hospitals, banks and other critical organizations are all in the crosshairs of real-world threat actors.
As adversary simulation specialists, your job plays out in three stages:
Investigate. Dig into the attacks that have already hit the city and collect the TTPs (tactics, techniques and procedures) the attackers used.
Breach first. Using what you learn, break into each organization across Adversary City (hospitals, banks and beyond) before the real attackers do, and capture the flags hidden inside every target.
Help the defenders. Every target you compromise yields intelligence the defenders can use to fix the weaknesses and harden the city... theoretically, at least; this is a CTF, so we will leave the actual patching to them!
Think like the adversary. Move faster than the threat. Take back Adversary City.
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Prize details will be updated soon.
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OffSec is a leading cyber security training and certification company known for its hands-on, adversarial approach to developing world-class offensive security professionals.
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Cobalt Strike is the industry-standard adversary simulation platform trusted by red teams worldwide for conducting advanced security assessments and threat emulation exercises. Founded by Raphael Mudge in 2012, Cobalt Strike pioneered the modern red team command and control framework, enabling security professionals to replicate advanced persistent threat behaviors and strengthen organizational defenses through realistic attack simulations.
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CTF Prize Sponsors
Altered Security is an edtech with focus on hands-on learning through its red team training platform and cyber ranges. It has offices in India and Singapore. Altered Security pioneered affordable red team labs and have trained more than 40000+ information security professionals from more than 130+ countries across the globe through our in person and online trainings.
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