t2’14 Challenge is on! Good luck!
t2’14 Challenge to be released 2014-09-13 10:00 EEST
Due to recent extraordinary events, we’re diverting from our usual Challenge process this year. Instead of a traditional puzzle, a captured binary will be released for crowdsourced reverse-engineering.
Background
Running assets is always difficult, however this year has been excruciating for t2 infosec. We lost one of our most prized and well placed deep cover operatives in a foreign three letter agency. Shortly after the CFP, communications stopped and we have to assume her new assignment is a permanent placement at a black site somewhere in Eastern Europe.
Luckily for us, the person was able to exfiltrate a key piece of an intelligence analysis system before disappearing. In order to turn the tables and go for the pride-and-ego down, our intention is to burn this capability once and for all.
Y-LOCKPOINT is designed for searching and analyzing compromised computer systems. Despite the OPSEC failures, which allowed us to gain access to front-end application, the binary is well-protected – preliminary analysis indicates emphasis on multi-layer protection and resistance to analysis.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to participate in the crowdsourced reverse engineering effort of the acquired front-end binary.
Details
The first person to recover all content will win a free ticket to t2’14 conference. In addition to this, the creators of the Challenge will select another winner among the next ten correct answers. The criteria for the other selection is the elegance of the answer. In short, you can win with both speed and style.
The Challenge will be released on 2014-09-13 10:00 EEST right here at t2.fi
t2’13 Challenge Winners++
Yes we know, we have already announced the winners but wait – there is more! First time in the history of t2 we are giving out one additional free admission. And that goes to Ludvig Strigeus from Sweden. Why? Well, first of all, he is an awesome guy and writes software we all love but in addition to that, his solution was both fast and elegant. The authors felt that although the challenge rules didn’t do justice to him, he totally deserved to win as well. So here we go 🙂
Congrats Ludde!
t2’13 Challenge Winners
Teem Grammer Nazi from Australia was the first one to solve the t2’13 Challenge (8 hours and something). That is pretty hard core.
The second winner is Alexander Polyakov from Russia. Alexander is one of those guys who has solved pretty much each and every t2 challenge over the years and this time his hard work finally paid off.
Congratulations to both winners! We would also like to thank each one of you who participated – especially those who made it to top 20 – you guys rock! Last but not least. if you have an interesting idea for t2’14 Challenge, please let us know – authors get a free admission to the conference among other things 😉
t2’13 Challenge winners will be published this weekend
We will publish the winners of t2’13 Challenge later this weekend. So, if you’re still planning on submitting your write-up the deadline is tomorrow 2013-09-22 12:00 EEST.
t2’13 Challenge download stats
t2’13 Challenge was downloaded more than 100 times within the first five minutes. Good luck everybody!
t2’13 Challenge is on!
t2’13 Challenge is on! Good luck!
t2′13 Challenge to be released 2013-09-07 10:00 EEST
We’re pleased to announce the release of the t2’13 Challenge!
Soon after t2’12 was over, we discovered that the conference had been infiltrated by an APT. Our best guess is that the APT pwned the laptop of one of the conference organizers and successfully exfiltrated some data. Luckily for us, our beloved APT got so hammered on the conference dinner on Thursday that he forgot his USB thumb drive to Zetor. We are confident that this OPSEC blunder will lead us to what was stolen but despite our best efforts we have not been able to decipher the contents of the USB drive. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to recover the stolen content.
The first person to recover all content will win a free ticket to t2’13 conference. In addition to this, the creators of the Challenge will select another winner among the next ten correct answers. The criteria for the other selection is the elegance of the answer. In short, you can win with both speed and style.
The t2’13 Challenge will be released 2013-09-07 10:00 EEST right here at http://t2.fi/
t2’12 Challenge Winners
More Smoked Leet Chicken from Russia was the first one to solve the t2’12 Challenge (6 hours 41 minutes). The authors are completely stunned – that is like running a marathon in 1 hour … Awesome work! Congratulations!
The second ticket goes to Timo Teräs from Finland. Officially, he’ll be known as Mr. Double Elegance as this is the second year he submits the best write-up. His write-up was extremely well written and he pretty much found all the Easter eggs too. This was no small feat by any means as the overall quality of the submitted write-ups this year was outstanding!
Congratulations to both winners!
We would also like to thank everyone for participating. And, if you feel that you have an interesting Challenge to suggest for t2’13, please let us know 🙂
t2’12 Challenge status
More Smoked Leet Chicken (Investigator1) from Russia was the first one to solve the t2’12 Challenge (6 hours 41 minutes). The authors are completely stunned – that is like running a marathon in 1 hour … Awesome work! Congratulations!
That being said, the rest of you are still in this. Concentrate on elegance by putting your best efforts into the write-up.
Good luck, everyone!