DC27: Official and Unofficial Contests

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(pre-con) Short Story Writing Contest (site)(twitter) The theme this year is, “Technology's Promise,” a response to disorder and dystopia. Topics: 14 Posts: 16 Last Post: Buy (30Pieces) Apple iPhone Xs Max New 64GB $10,470CAD	14	16	Buy (30Pieces) Apple iPhone Xs Max New 64GB $10,470CAD by alattelm July 20th, 2019, 12:26
AI Village CTF Want to try your hand at detecting spam and malware? Or do you want to attack the spam filter or next gen AV? Or even attack the AI itself Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: AI Village CTF at DEF CON 27	1	1	AI Village CTF at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 08:08
Airplane Hacking Contest Your mission is to “pimp up” your airplane in whatever manner you wish to impress the judges Topics: 2 Posts: 2 Last Post: Airplane Hacking Contest Registration Closes July 15 2019	2	2	Airplane Hacking Contest Registration Closes July 15 2019 by Dark Tangent June 24th, 2019, 14:42
DEF CON Beard Contest The annual celebration of facial hair at DEF CON, there are four categories for entry Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: DEF CON Beard Contest at DEF CON 27	1	1	DEF CON Beard Contest at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 02:56
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest (web site) Problem: It's hot in Vega, and your drink is warm. How fast can you cool it? Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest (BCCC) 14 at DEF CON 27	1	2	Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest (BCCC) 14 at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent May 11th, 2019, 23:50
Capture The Packet CTP: (Cpature the Packet) : Sniff, scour and analyze network traffic, decipher clues and solve them to earn points. Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Capture The Packet 2017 Pre-Registration Is Now Open	1	1	Capture The Packet 2017 Pre-Registration Is Now Open by ming July 21st, 2017, 12:55
Car Hacking Village CTF Topics: 2 Posts: 2 Last Post: Car Hacking Village CTF at DEF CON 27	2	2	Car Hacking Village CTF at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 08:18
CMD+CTRL Web & Mobile Hacking Challenge Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: CMD+CTRL Web and Mobile Hacking Challenge	1	2	CMD+CTRL Web and Mobile Hacking Challenge by Dark Tangent July 17th, 2019, 13:30
Coindroids The year is 20X5 and humanity has fallen: now there are only Coindroids Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Coindroids at DEF CON 27	1	1	Coindroids at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 08:25
Crack Me If You Can We challenge the world's best password crackers and force them to share their knowledge, tips, and tricks with the community Topics: 2 Posts: 3 Last Post: Crack Me if You Can writeup from Team john-users!	2	3	Crack Me if You Can writeup from Team john-users! by Dark Tangent November 5th, 2019, 05:10
DEF CON Capture the Flag (web site)(twitter) We are the Order of the Overflow. We are the current host of DEF CON CTF (Quals and Finals) Topics: 4 Posts: 4 Last Post: DEF CON CTF qualifications	4	4	DEF CON CTF qualifications by Dark Tangent May 4th, 2019, 09:46
DarkNet Project An online and in person game in which players interact with an chat bot that sends them on quests which teaches as well as challenges them Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: The Darknet Project at DEF CON 27	1	1	The Darknet Project at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 08:42
Drunk Hacker History In the game of intoxicated nostalgic recall, there are no losers and those who won, lost Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Drunk Hacker History 5 at DEF CON 27	1	1	Drunk Hacker History 5 at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 20:05
Dungeons@DEFCON An RPG style puzzling campaign for 1-4 players Topics: 4 Posts: 11 Last Post: Registration is Open	4	11	Registration is Open by PunkAB July 25th, 2019, 19:09
EFF Tech Trivia Challenging trivia about the fascinating, obscure, and trivial aspects of digital security, online rights, and Internet culture Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: EFF Tech Trivia at DEF CON 27	1	2	EFF Tech Trivia at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 20:19
Hackfortress A unique blend of Team Fortress 2 and a computer security contest. Teams are made up of 6 TF2 players and 4 hackers Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Hack Fortress at DEF CON 27	1	1	Hack Fortress at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 20:50
Hacker Jeopardy! Topics: 1 Posts: 3 Last Post: Hacker Jeopardy -- 25th year	1	3	Hacker Jeopardy -- 25th year by crisofilaxx July 10th, 2019, 11:13
Hack the Plan[e]t Howdy Neighbor CTF where each of the challenges are of varying levels to test a competitors ability to find vulnerabilities in an IoT environment Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Hack the Plan[e]t by ICS Village at DEF CON 27	1	1	Hack the Plan[e]t by ICS Village at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 8th, 2019, 20:56
Ham Radio Licensing Exams Now you can get your Ham Radio license (or upgrade your existing one) at DEF CON for free Topics: 1 Posts: 6 Last Post: Ham Radio Exams at DEF CON 27	1	6	Ham Radio Exams at DEF CON 27 by jackbabbage July 14th, 2019, 18:33
Ham Radio Fox Hunting Contest Fox Hunt will require participants to locate a number of hidden radio transmitters broadcasting at very low power which are hidden throughout the conference Topics: 3 Posts: 8 Last Post: DEF CON Ham Radio Fox Hunting Contest at DEF CON 27	3	8	DEF CON Ham Radio Fox Hunting Contest at DEF CON 27 by richsentme July 31st, 2019, 18:57
Homebrew Hardware Contest We want to see the awesome things you've been building over the last year, the HomebrewHardware competition is a place to showcase your skill, techniques, and project Topics: 1 Posts: 5 Last Post: HomebrewHardware Contest at DEF CON 27	1	5	HomebrewHardware Contest at DEF CON 27 by Homebrewcontest July 11th, 2019, 02:45
Hospital Under Siege Adversaries have gained a foothold in your local hospital. Your team must use their skills to defend against the attacks, unmask the adversary, and above all protect patient lives Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: Hospital Under Siege by BioHacking Village at DEF CON 27	1	2	Hospital Under Siege by BioHacking Village at DEF CON 27 by DocByrdstein June 9th, 2019, 21:20
Maps of the Digital Lands This contest challenges participants to draw a network diagram based on provided scenarios within the time allotted Topics: 2 Posts: 2 Last Post: MOTDL official thread	2	2	MOTDL official thread by thetoolman August 3rd, 2019, 12:46
OpenCTF A hacking contest built on the principle of inclusion with challenges for all skill levels Topics: 1 Posts: 3 Last Post: OpenCTF at DEF CON 27	1	3	OpenCTF at DEF CON 27 by ColdwaterQ July 31st, 2019, 23:32
OpenSOC Blue Team CTF A Digital Forensics, Incident Response (DFIR), and Threat Hunting challenge meant to teach and test practical incident response skills in an environment that resembles a real enterprise network Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: OpenSEC Blue Team CTF at DEF CON 27	1	1	OpenSEC Blue Team CTF at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 02:29
OSINT CTF for Missing Persons This is a non theoretical CTF that focuses on helping law enforcement find real missing persons. Contestants compete to perform OSINT on these real missing persons Topics: 2 Posts: 4 Last Post: Missing Persons OSINT CTF	2	4	Missing Persons OSINT CTF by deleite July 20th, 2019, 13:08
Red Alert ICS CTF We create virtual SCADA environment in order for participants to penetrate several layers of security to gain points, and eventually gain control of SCADA system Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Red Alert ICS CTF at DEF CON 27	1	1	Red Alert ICS CTF at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 02:41
Scavenger Hunt (web site)(twitter) Teams of 1-5 players compete Fri to Sun, accumulating items and completing as many tasks as possible from the list. Will you be the next to stand among the legendary scavengers? Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: Scavenger Hunt at DEF CON 27	1	2	Scavenger Hunt at DEF CON 27 by AlinagreaX July 28th, 2019, 10:01
Schemaverse (web site)(twitter) A space battleground that lives inside a PostgreSQL database. Mine the hell out of resources and build up your fleet of ships Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Schemaverse Championship at DEF CON 27	1	1	Schemaverse Championship at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 03:02
SOHOpelessly Broken Players compete against one another by exploiting off-the-shelf IoT devices. To successfully exploit these devices requires lateral thinking, knowledge of networking, and competency in exploit development Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: SOHOpelessly Broken at DEF CON 27	1	1	SOHOpelessly Broken at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 03:22
SpellCheck: The Hacker Spelling Bee Rounds will increase in difficulty and eventually include saying proper capitalization out loud for tricky everyday terms and rare attack vectors alike Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: SpellCheck: The Hacker Spelling Bee at DEF CON 27	1	2	SpellCheck: The Hacker Spelling Bee at DEF CON 27 by shivkumar August 24th, 2019, 04:20
Spy Contest - Who is the Best SE Using any means necessary via social engineering your goal is to generate the highest number of unique visits to your URL from DEF CON attendees Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Spy Contest (Who's the Best Social Engineer) at DEF CON 27	1	1	Spy Contest (Who's the Best Social Engineer) at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 05:56
TDF X-Hour Film Contest Topics: 4 Posts: 15 Last Post: Free T-Shirt? What are your top 3 "hacker themed/related" films?	4	15	Free T-Shirt? What are your top 3 "hacker themed/related" films? by Serum August 5th, 2019, 18:53
The d(struction)20 CTF (twitter) A contest to build a low-cost, usable, and powerful hacking platform, and compete with it! Periodically during the competition, a random contestant from the leader-board will be chosen to roll the d20 of Destruction.. Topics: 1 Posts: 2 Last Post: The d(struction)20 CTF at DEF CON 27	1	2	The d(struction)20 CTF at DEF CON 27 by d20ctf June 9th, 2019, 20:58
The Gold Bug - CPV Puzzle https://goldbug.cryptovillage.org/ Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: The Gold Bug Contest by the Crypto and Privacy village at DEF CON 27	1	1	The Gold Bug Contest by the Crypto and Privacy village at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 10th, 2019, 05:12
Tinfoil Hat We'll have you build a Tinfoil hat which is guaranteed to provide top quality protection for your noggin. How you ask? SCIENCE! Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Tinfoil Hat at DEF CON 27	1	1	Tinfoil Hat at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 06:14
TeleChallenge Let your fingers do the hacking on your touch-tone phone! Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: TeleChallenge at DEF CON 27	1	1	TeleChallenge at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 06:01
Warl0ck Gam3z CTF A hands-on 24/7 throw-down, 3 time black badge hacker competition, focusing on areas of physical security, digital forensics, hacker challenges and whatever craziness our exploit team develops Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: warl0ck gam3z CTF at DEF CON 27	1	1	warl0ck gam3z CTF at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 06:25
Whose Slide it is Anyway? Improvise a 5 to 10 minute lightning talk, becoming instant subject matter experts on whatever topic/stream of consciousness appears on the screen Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Whose Slide Is It Anyway? at DEF CON 27	1	1	Whose Slide Is It Anyway? at DEF CON 27 by Dark Tangent June 9th, 2019, 06:29
Wireless Capture the Flag (web site),(web resources), (blog),(twitter) Do you have what it takes to hack WiFi, Bluetooth, and Software Defined Radio (SDR)? Topics: 1 Posts: 1 Last Post: Wireless Capture the Flag	1	1	Wireless Capture the Flag by Zero_Chaos July 2nd, 2019, 11:16

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