Capture The Flag
3 Days
Global
Free
£22,045
1-10 Students
Easy to Hard
Jeopardy & Full Pwn
About the event
Universities around the world, assemble!
Welcome back! It’s been a year already... Did you rest? Did you push your skills to the top? Are you ready for our iconic event? Bring it ON!
Hack The Box University CTF 2021 is HERE!
Every year we gather university students from all over the world to compete in our university CTF, which provides a hands-on learning experience for students of all skill levels! With prizes that give even more learning opportunities!
WHY JOIN
Glory, learning, prizes, cert
Hack amazing content
Learn with the best hacking content from HTB!
Win the best prizes
A never-seen-before prize list is awaiting the top teams!
Climb the scoreboard
Achieve eternal glory and show your team is the best!
Get CTF-Certified
For all players with 200+ points. Special cert for the TOP 3.
Hacking content
More than 60 challenges to take on.
3 Challenges
3 Challenges
3 Challenges
3 Challenges
3 Challenges
3 Challenges
2 Challenges
2 Challenges
1 Challenge
1 Challenge
TIMELINE
UNI CTF 2021: Mark the dates
Registration Opens
29th September 2021
Registration Closes
15 November 2021
Pre-Event Talks
18 November 2021
Qualifier CTF Starts
19 November 2021
Qualifier CTF Ends
21 November 2021
Finals CTF
Q1 2022
EVENT AGENDA
Ready for some live hacking?
Live on our YouTube channel.
13:00 13:30 UTC
Sotiria Giannitsari (@r0adrunn3r) Senior Community Manager @ Hack The Box
13:30 14:00 UTC
Tom Williams, Strategic Customer Success Manager @ Hack The Box
- Warwick University
- University of Tampa
14:00 14:30 UTC
Zeyad Almadani, Training Developer @ Hack The Box
14:30 15:00 UTC
Bob Theisen, Junior Training Developer @ Hack The Box
15:00 15:30 UTC
SIGINT - University of Edinburgh interviewed by Sotiria Giannitsari (@r0adrunn3r)
15:30 15:40 UTC
Tal Avidov, SecureAcademy Program Manager @ Check Point
15:40 16:00 UTC
Lorenzo Faltera, Founder & Team Lead of Parrot OS
16:00 16:30 UTC
moderated by Angelos Liapas, Account Executive @ Hack The Box
Jason Cuneo, Chief Technologist @ Auburn University
Christopher Simpson, Director @ National University | Center for Cybersecurity
Sina Pournouri, Course Leader of Msc Cyber Security @ Sheffield Hallam University
16:30 17:00 UTC
Katerina Tasiopoulou, Business Development Manager @ Hack The Box
sponsors
Those Supporting HTB UNI CTF 2021
prize pool
It’s All About Prizes
First Place
£1,700
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Annual VIP+ (for each player)
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£25 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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Special “1st Place” Certificate
Second Place
£850
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6 Months VIP (for each player)
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£25 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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Special “2nd Place” Certificate
Third Place
£550
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3 Months VIP (for each player)
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£25 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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Special “3rd Place” Certificate
Fourth Place
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1 Month VIP+ (for each player)
Fifth Place
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1 Month VIP+ (for each player)
First Place
£9,895
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Exclusive HTB Trophy
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£2,000 Cash
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Advanced Dedicated Labs - 6 Month with Pwnbox
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£100 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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£50 Amazon Gift Card (for each player)
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PayPal Hoodies (for each player)
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Special “1st Place” Certificate
Second Place
£4,000
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£1,000 Cash
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£100 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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Annual VIP+ (for each player)
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£50 Amazon Gift Card (for each player)
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PayPal Hoodies (for each player)
-
Special “2nd Place” Certificate
Third Place
£2,500
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£50 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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6 Months VIP (for each player)
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£25 Amazon Gift Card (for each player)
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Special “3rd Place” Certificate
Fourth Place
-
£25 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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1 Month VIP+ (for each player)
Fifth Place
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£25 HTB Swag Card (for each player)
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1 Month VIP+ (for each player)
TOTAL PRIZE VALUE: £22,045
LET’S MAKE AN IMPACT
Hack for Good
For the purpose of this event and to raise awareness on the importance of education, Hack The Box and PayPal are supporting Khan Academy. By joining the CTF, you will contribute to a $5,000 donation. Help us reach our goal and spread the message.
Across the globe, 617 million children are missing basic math and reading skills. Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization with the goal of creating a set of online tools that help give every child a chance to learn.
HOW TO JOIN
Get your team ready. Sign up.
- Go to → ctf.hackthebox.com/uni-ctf-registration
- Create a new account or join with an existing one. If this is the first time you join our CTF platform, you will be asked to “Join A Team” or “Create A Team”. You can skip this step for now if you do not know with which team you will be participating with.
- See all CTFs listed under ctf.hackthebox.com/ctfs and watch out for the top banner HTB University CTF 2021 is now open!
- Click REGISTER on the top banner. Add your academic email, check your inbox and insert the code. This step needs to be completed by all team members, not just the team captain!
- Once you are verified, select the university you will be representing. Not seeing your university listed? Check out how to add it here.
All universities need to be part of the HTB university list. It’s free and only takes a few minutes to fill in and 24h to confirm. - Now wait for a confirmation email and... voilà! You are registered. You will get a confirmation email within a few hours.
Once you have completed your registration to the CTF following all steps above, the Team Captain of the team will only need to click “JOIN” on Uni CTF 2021 Quals. Make sure all the Team Members have completed the registration process and get ready for the competition!
Join our Discord server and check out #uni-ctf-21-quals to meet your opponents, share hacking tips and connect.
Add your participation on CTFtime. Your ranking will be uploaded after the CTF ends. Don’t miss a single point!
Make us part of your journey and share training tips, comments, and any story using: #HTBUniCTF2021
FOR A FAIR PLAY
The dos and the don'ts
- The "Top 15" teams of the Qualifier round will pass to the Finals round.
- Only students currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master's program can participate in this event.
- Do not attack the backend infrastructure of the CTF.
- Do not attack other teams playing in the CTF.
- Do not brute-force the flag submission form.
- Do not exchange flags or write-ups/hints of the challenges with other teams.
- Do not violate HTB's Terms of Service. You can read it here.
- Do not try to DDoS the challenges or make actions that could lead to this result. For example, brute force or use of automated tools with many threads.
- Do not be part of more than one team within the same CTF.
- Each University can participate/be represented by one team only.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR
HTB UNI CTF 2020. Hear it from the winners.
200
1,305
20
SIGINT - University of Edinburgh
Hack The Box University CTF was a really fun CTF where we competed against international universities.
It had great challenges and an amazing community. We enjoyed getting together with like-minded people for a weekend of hacking.
Would recommend this for anybody interested in having fun while learning cybersecurity.
- SudoCr0wn, Team Captain -
UNI QUALIFIER CTF
19th - 21st November, 2021
Registrations are now closed. Do you want to be the first to know about the 2022 edition?
Fill the form.
Online Live
Free
start date
Friday, 19 November 2021 - 13:00 UTC
end date
Sunday, 21 November 2021 - 19:00 UTC