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Event Type

Capture The Flag

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Duration

3 Days - Friday to Sunday

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Region

Global

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Entry Fee

Free

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Prize Pool

$50,000+

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Team Size

1 - 30 Players

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Difficulty

Very Easy to Advanced

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CTF Style

Jeopardy, Cloud, FullPwn

About the event

It's the year 2244. Time to leave the planet.

Eighty years ago, Earth faced a crisis like never before. Fossil fuels had been exhausted, water was scarce, and power a luxury. In a world filled with darkness, tensions began to rise between nations, and the once united global community split into two power states, each vying for control, power, and survival. These 80 years of dispute stayed in history as the Dark War.

Now, 16 years after the Armistice, warfare is about to re-emerge. Scientists have confirmed an alternative power source on Mars – Vitalium – and the two states are now racing to establish a colony on the red planet. A ruthless competition of hacking and cyber-attacks has begun, and both sides are trying to damage and exploit each other's infrastructure.

You're part of the United Nations of Zenium, and your state wants to create a democratic colony where Vitalium will be used to make humanity healthy again. Your opponent is the Board of Arodor, a strict dictatorship that wants to ensure only the elite can get a second chance in life.

Win and escape the planet or fail to survive.

WHY JOIN

TL;DR: For the glory, the training, the prizes, and the certification

Top-notch hacking content

Access exclusive content featuring only the latest attacks and real-world hacking techniques.


Gamified upskilling

Forget static experiences. Be part of an interactive storyline and learn while hacking.


Free training

Bring your team together to train and hack at the same time. Simple as that!


Certify your attendance

Reserve your spot, climb the charts, brag to your friends, and get CPEs and certificates.*


Your prizes await

Get the chance to win the Secret HTB Trophy, swag, advanced services, our hearts, and much more.


Hack The Box Prizes

*We give away 6 CPEs to participants who've provided their (ISC)² IDs, and whose teams have collected at least 15,000 points.

Hacking content

More than 30 challenges to take on.

Web

5 Challenges

Pwn

5 Challenges

Crypto

5 Challenges

Forensics

5 Challenges

Reversing

5 Challenges

Machines

5 LNX & WIN

Cloud

2 Challenges

TIMELINE

Mark your calendar

Registration opens

April 28, 2023

Pre-event live hacking workshops

July 13, 2023

CTF starts

July 14, 2023

CTF ends

July 16, 2023

CTF after party

July 17, 2023

HTB BUSINESS CTF | LIVE EVENTS

Live hacking workshops, and much more

Meet the HTB team one day before the CTF in an exclusive live stream! Tune in and watch talented HTB hackers plus some extraordinary special guests. Catch the live stream on our YouTube channel.

13:00 UTC

Business CTF 2023: The Great Escape and its rules & secrets
Hack The Box Presenter

Jon Peters (@Dark), Community Specialist @Hack The Box

13:30 UTC

Finding logic bugs in your code
Hack The Box Presenter

Zeyad AlMadani (@21y4d), Training Developer @ Hack The Box

14:00 UTC

Powering up your Team's Technical Onboarding
Hack The Box Presenter

Jon Peters (@Dark), Community Specialist @Hack The Box

14:30 UTC

Let's get cloud: Cloud hacking workshop
Hack The Box Presenter

Panos Petsanas (@panawesome), Community CTF Project Manager @ Hack The Box

15:00 UTC

Hack The Blue: Blue teaming & hacking workshop
Hack The Box Presenter

Sabastian Hague (@sebh24), Defensive Content Lead @ Hack The Box

15:30 UTC

Forensics Challenges from Business CTF 2022
Hack The Box Presenter

David Forsythe (@0xdf_), Training Lab Architect @ Hack The Box

16:00 UTC

Unlocking CTF success with Snyk
Hack The Box Presenter

Vandana Verma Sehgal, Senior Developer Advocate @ Snyk

SPONSORS

HTB Business CTF 2023: A team effort

Jump on board, stay in touch with the largest cybersecurity community, and let’s make HTB Business CTF 2023 the best hacking event ever. Check out the details or get in touch directly at [email protected].

MEET THE AWARDS

Outsmart your competitors, bring home your prizes

Hack like pros, climb the leaderboard, and win our hearts plus much more.

Hack The Box

1st place

$21,750

  • Secret HTB trophy

  • Access to BlackSky (6 months)

  • $100 HTB swag card (for each player)

Hack The Box

2nd place

$16,200

  • CPTS certification (for each player)

  • $50 HTB swag card (for each player)

Hack The Box

3rd place

$12,050

  • Access to Dedicated Labs (6 months)

  • $25 HTB swag card (for each player)

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE: $50,000+

Discord

Join our Discord, type in #bot-commands /join biz-ctf and go to #business-ctf-23. Seek support and meet the rest of the teams.

CTF Time

Don’t miss a single point! Add your participation on CTFtime, and we'll make sure your ranking will be updated after the CTF ends.

Official Hashtag

Share training tips, spread the word, post comments, and make sure your use the official hashtag: #BusinessCTF23

FOR A FAIR PLAY

The dos and the don'ts

  1. Only one team from each company can join the CTF.
  2. Only business emails are allowed to sign up.
  3. Players are prohibited from attacking the CTF's backend infrastructure.
  4. Players are prohibited from attacking other teams.
  5. Do not brute-force the flag submission form.
  6. Avoid exchanging flags or write-ups/hints with other teams.
  7. Respect HTB's Terms of Service.
  8. Do not attempt to DDoS challenges or make actions that could lead to this result.
  9. Players must be part of only one Business CTF team.

Got questions? Read our FAQ.

STRAIGHT FROM LAST YEAR

Don't just take our word for it

Here's what <b>teams who have experienced HTB Business CTF first hand</b> say about it:

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Ignacio Arsuaga

Global Cybersecurity Enterprise Architect @ Siemens

"Amazing experience working with HTB. Not only is it a very complete and fun hacking learning platform, but also the team is full of talent and creativity and will support your CTF setups in a very professional way. I’m looking forward to continuing this great collaboration."

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Pablo Ruiz Encinas

Security Consultant @ Mnemonic

"We used the HTB Business CTF to get our interns into the hacking world at the same time as the new hires and the more experienced members sharpened their skills. It was fun as well as rewarding to spend that weekend working together and sharing knowledge. I will definitely join for similar events in the future."

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Lukasz Lamparski

Security Manager | Senior Incident Responder @ ING INGBank

"Overall the challenges were pretty realistic, which is a big plus for me. Would definitely recommend joining the CTF, as it lets you test your skills in realistic scenarios, and challenge yourself against the best specialists in the field. We will join again next year."

No need for FOMO. Read last year's Business CTF recap here.