Capture The Flag
- Date
- 19 Nov 2026
- Time
- 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM IST
- Venue
- To be announced
- Format
- Jeopardy-style, in teams, 6 hours of play
- Registration fee
- ₹300 per team
About the event
This Capture The Flag event is run by The Big O, the coding and cybersecurity club of Acharya Institute of Technology, as part of its annual tech fest Tech Habba 2026.
We invite student teams from across colleges to think, investigate, exploit, and solve their way through challenges in web exploitation, cryptography, digital forensics, reverse engineering, OSINT, steganography, and more. Participants will uncover fragments of a story buried across an unfamiliar digital world.
Whether you’re already deep into cybersecurity or just curious about what lies beneath the surface, there’s room (and flags) for all.
Challenge categories
- Web exploitation
- Cryptography
- Digital forensics
- Reverse engineering
- OSINT
- Steganography
Event schedule
- 11:30 AMCheck-in, introduction and team settlement
- 12:00 PMCTF begins: 6 hours of play
- During the day30-minute break: CTF paused
- 6:30 PMCTF ends and final scores are verified
Rules
Arrive on time
Report at the venue by 11:30 AM. No late entries allowed.
Duration
The CTF runs for 6 hours, excluding the opening and closing ceremony.
Identity verification
Bring your college ID card. Identity verification is mandatory for all participants.
What to bring
Bring your own laptop and charger.
Attack only the challenges
Do not attack other teams or the CTF infrastructure. Only attack the challenges provided.
Keep flags private
Do not share flags outside your team, in public channels, or in write-ups until the event ends.
Be respectful
Any kind of harassment of other teams or organizers will get you disqualified.
Final decisions
Organizer decisions on scoring disputes are final.
Eligibility
- Open to students from any college
- Participate as a team
- College ID card required for verification
- Bring your own laptop and charger