Tunisia’s national university Capture The Flag
Cybersecurity Tunisian University ChampionshipFind the flaw. Take the flag.
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CTUC is a national Capture The Flag championship for university students across Tunisia. Teams of four take on Jeopardy-style challenges in web, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, cryptography, forensics, OSINT and hardware. Every challenge hides a flag. Capture it to score.
You don’t need to be a security expert, or even study computer science. First CTF or fiftieth, any field, any background: if you’re a student, there’s a place for you. Powered by the FTSSU, CTUC puts security on the national stage of university sport.
Track A · Parallel
For students taking their first steps in security. No prior CTF experience needed.
Track B · Parallel
For experienced players ready for hard challenges and a tougher scoreboard.
M-01
Parallel tracks
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M-02
Competition hours
[TBA]
M-03
Prize pool
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§02Classification
Every challenge belongs to one classification. Teams that cover all eight climb. Teams that specialise hit a wall.
Break web applications and APIs: injection, broken authentication, request forgery and the logic flaws hiding in plain HTTP.
Exploit native binaries. Corrupt memory, redirect control flow and turn a crash into a shell.
Take compiled programs apart without the source. Read the assembly, strip the obfuscation, recover the logic.
Attack ciphers, protocols and their implementations. Weak randomness and misused primitives are fair game.
Reconstruct what happened from disk images, memory dumps and packet captures, one artifact at a time.
Find what is already public. Follow usernames, photos, metadata and old posts until the trail gives up its secret.
Go below the software. Read signals, dump firmware and make sense of the circuits, protocols and chips behind a device.
Everything that refuses a label: odd encodings, scripting puzzles, steganography and pure lateral thinking.
§03Sequence
One day at Tunis Science City, Tunis(open in Google Maps, new tab), with the Beginner and Advanced CTFs running in parallel. The detailed programme is published here as each slot is confirmed.
Slot 01
Championship start
Africa/Tunis · UTC+01:00
Slot 02
[TBA]
Slot 03
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Slot 04
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Slot 05
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§04Stakes
The Beginner and Advanced CTFs each crown their own top three: six winning teams on the day.
Per track
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Beyond the podium
The top three aren’t the only winners. More teams will take home vouchers.
§05Ground
Tunis, Tunisia · Fig. 02 — Elevation study, abstracted
Both tracks of the championship take place at Tunis Science City in Tunis. Open the map for directions from wherever you are.
§06Organizers
CTUC is organized by Engineers Spark iTeam University and Securinets iTeam University, in partnership with the FTSSU.
The iTeam chapter of the Engineers Spark network.
About Engineers Spark
Founded in 2013 at ISET'Com, Engineers Spark is a dynamic student network present in several universities, including FST, Esprit, ISAMM and Tekup. Its mission is to provide quality training, particularly in cybersecurity, and to apply those skills through national projects and challenges.
A student-led cybersecurity club with 80+ members.
About Securinets
Founded in 2003, Securinets now has the largest community of students passionate about cybersecurity in Tunisia. Its main objective is to train students in both the offensive and defensive aspects of cybersecurity by organizing workshops and Capture the Flag competitions.
§07Partners
Prizes, infrastructure, expertise or careers: every contribution helps train the next generation of Tunisian security talent. New partners join this ribbon as they sign on.
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