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Introduction To CTF

Capture the Flag (CTF) is a cybersecurity competition where teams find hidden flags in vulnerable software or websites. The document outlines various types of CTF challenges, including web exploitation, forensics, cryptography, reverse engineering, and binary exploitation, along with definitions and examples for each category. It serves as an introductory guide to understanding the different aspects of CTF competitions.

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Introduction To CTF

Capture the Flag (CTF) is a cybersecurity competition where teams find hidden flags in vulnerable software or websites. The document outlines various types of CTF challenges, including web exploitation, forensics, cryptography, reverse engineering, and binary exploitation, along with definitions and examples for each category. It serves as an introductory guide to understanding the different aspects of CTF competitions.

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Capture

The
Flag
CTF
101
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is
1 CTF 2 Web
Forensic Cryptog
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Binary 4 raphy
Reverse
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0 What
is CTF
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Capture the flag is a cyber security
competition where teams compete
against each others to score the highest
points by finding flags which are text
strings secretly hidden in purposefully
vulnerable software or websites.
EX:OMC{Fl4g_2025}
Some photos from CTF
challenges

DEF CON 17 ICSD-2022


Type Of CTF
This is the most common catygories in
Web
CTF Chellenges
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Cryptog Binary
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Defenition :
Exploiting website vulnerabilities to
gain unauthorized access or
control by analyzing sensitive
information, authentication flaws,
and vulnerabilities like XSS or SQL
injection.
Sensitive Information Discovery:
Searching for exposed credentials,
hidden comments, or unprotected
directories.
Authentication Flaws:
Exploiting weak or misconfigured
authentication mechanisms.
Example: Bypassing login via common
passwords or stolen session cookies.
Vulnerability Analysis:
Testing for flaws such as Cross-Site
Scripting (XSS), SQL Injection, or logical
errors
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2
Fore
nsic
s
Definition :
Recovering and analyzing digital
footprints from static data files or
storage devices to uncover hidden
information.
Decoding Techniques:

Converting formats like Base64 or


hexadecimal to reveal concealed
data.

Example: Decoding a Base64


string back into plaintext to recover
a password.
File Identification:

File Identification: Detecting file types


by analyzing header data, known as
magic numbers.
Example: Recognizing a PNG file by its
header signature (89 50 4E 47).
Data Concealment Detection:

Finding hidden information


embedded in media files like
images or audio.

Example: Using tools to extract


hidden messages from an image
file.
Cryptog
0
3
raphy
Definition:

Securing communication by
transforming data into unreadable
formats using mathematical
algorithms.
Encryption Algorithms:

Methods like Caesar, Vigenère, and XOR


for transforming data.

Example: Decoding a Caesar cipher by


shifting letters 3 positions.
Hash Functions:

Creating unique, fixed-size values from


input data, useful for verification and
integrity checks.
Example: Detecting hash collisions with
MD5 or using SHA-256 for stronger
security.
Advanced Encryption:

Sophisticated encryption techniques like


RSA (asymmetric) and AES (symmetric).

Example: Decrypting an RSA-encrypted


message with a private key.
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4
Revers
e
Engine
Definition

Breaking down software or systems to


understand their design, logic, or inner
workings.
Assembly Code Analysis

Studying machine-level code to


understand a program's behavior.
Example: Finding hardcoded passwords
by analyzing assembly code.
Code Conversion:

Converting executable files into


human-readable pseudocode.
Example: Using Ghidra to analyze a
binary and retrieve its source logic.
Bina
0
5
ry
Definition:

Manipulating flaws in
compiled programs to
alter behavior or control
execution.
Memory Overflows:

Overwriting memory by sending more data


than allocated, often used for arbitrary code
execution.
Example: Exploiting a program with
insufficient input validation that allows 33
bytes of input into a 32-byte buffer.
Format String Exploitation:

Misusing user-controlled format


strings to leak or modify
memory.
Example: Using %x in a
vulnerable program to print
memory addresses.
Off-by-One Errors:

Exploiting improper bounds


checking that allows a one-byte
overwrite.
Example: Writing data beyond
allocated memory due to an off-by-
one error.
Thank you
all.

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