CTF Team of the University of Applied Sciences Munich
We are the CTF Team of the University of Applied Sciences Munich and participate in several CTFs a year. The Team was initialized by Students from the Master IT-Security, but we are open to all interested students and students from other professions or faculties.
Our main focus is not to be the best Team but to solve interesting and funny challenges where we can work together to learn new ideas.
As it has become a tradition at HM, we joined the University CTF this year again. Over 25 Students were involved in the CTF over the weekend from December 13 to 15. It was a great CTF for beginners who were playing for the first time and also for experienced CTF players who found some good challenges to tackle.
Looking deep into the night sky at earth is a magical moment with all the stars in the sky and maybe also reflected at a nearby lake.
Sometimes it's just fun to relax and enjoy; but ever wondered what the sky looks like from a different star (more precisely, an exoplanet)?
Together, we placed 57 out of over 106 participating teams.
We joined line CTF and we managed to reach 29th place out of 865 participating teams.
The University CTF was great for us. Right before Christmas, we had a great time working together for a weekend, meeting at the university to solve the various challenges.
This was our third year of participation. It was an exhausting but rewarding CTF.
We joined the CTF under the name HM TheRedCube as only universities are allowed to participate, and we managed to reach 73th place out of 417 participating teams.
Cyberevolution was our first CTF, and we did not participate online but on-site. It was a great opportunity for us to attend the convention, learn about Cybersecurity trends, and network with peers and companies in the field. We had a fantastic time, and we want to thank the organizers for the invitation.
Cryptoverse was a great opportunity for us to meet at the University over the weekend and welcome many students who had first joined a CTF. It's great for us if there is a high bar or no limit on the team participants so new players can join and try out working on a CTF challenge.
Specifically, in our recent experience at Cryptoverse, we dealt with various intriguing challenges and puzzles, which tested our skills in programming, cryptography, reverse engineering, web/server exploits, and other forms of knowledge and abilities.
The 2022 university CTF was a great event for us. We also participated in the university CTF 2021. This year, we were able to expand our team from 10 to 30 people.
We had many new participants on the team who were trying out working on CTF challenges as a team.
It was a great time spent over a weekend full of pizza, soft drinks, and code.
I couldn't think of an interesting Android challenge, so I just stuck the flag in a textbox. It's right there; just take it.
With the challenge, we received an app containing a .apk file. Upon launching the app, the description was not deceptive. The flag was conspicuously displayed in enormous letters. They were so large, in fact, that they were too big to read. And as it turns out, we were unable to scroll.
