Cybersecurity - Brute Force 2.0

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We are fundamentally living in a far more technologically-advanced world than we were as recently as a decade ago. With so much of our daily lives conducted online these days, the risk of cybercrime is that much higher!

With every major industry moving towards the digital revolution, the demand for cybersecurity professionals is on the rise.

With this in mind, HackerEarth is launching Brute Force 2.0, a quarterly hackathon that is stacked with interesting questions that belong to different categories such as reverse engineering, cryptography, web application, network security, scripting, forensics, etc. that aims at helping you build your hacking skills.

This challenge invites everyone with a passion for hacking! It doesn't matter if you are a college student or an industry professional: Register, compete, and win exciting prizes!!

The registration for this hackathon closes on 18th December 2020 at 12:00 PM. So, hit that "Register" button now!

Registration is mandatory for participation. The link for the challenge and the respective usernames and passwords will be shared to all the registrants via e-mail.

What's in it for you?

• Improve your skills in different security domains, problem-solving skills, and learn more about real-world issues.
• Interaction with the community of white-hat hackers. Actively participate in the discussion forum and join our Slack channel or Telegram Group.
• Top 50 participants will receive e-certificates from HackerEarth.
• Win amazing prizes and goodies.

• A certain score is allotted for every question. This score will be allocated to the player/team when they solve the questions.

• Plagiarism leads to negative marking.

These are the prerequisites that you must have in place before starting the challenge:

• Kali Linux operating system (virtual machine)
• Windows operating system, XP or higher (Virtual Machine)
• Good Internet connection

Refer to this document for more details.

Hackathon format

• Registrations will close on 18th December 2020 at 12:00 PM IST. The registered candidates will receive the link for the challenge as well as the username and password for participating in the hackathon via email.
• Problems can vary according to difficulty levels of each question and are generally of different categories such as reverse engineering, cryptography, web application, network security, scripting, forensics, etc.
• The end goal is to solve the maximum number of questions by finding the hidden flag.
• Each flag consists of a specific score.
• The participant who scores the maximum points according to the leaderboard wins the challenge.
• If you have registered, have a look at the Resource Center section.

Find all the resources here