SericsAcademyCTF – Rules

Welcome to SericsAcademyCTF 👋

This document contains the official rules of the competition. By participating, you agree to respect all the rules listed below.

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1. Competition Format

• SericsAcademyCTF is a Jeopardy-style Capture The Flag competition.
• The CTF consists of multiple challenges across different categories:
  • Crypto
  • Web
  • Pwn
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Forensics
• Each challenge has a point value based on its difficulty.
• Solving a challenge requires submitting the correct flag.

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2. Flags

• All flags follow the same format:

SACTF{...}

• Flags are case-sensitive.
• Submitting a flag from a different challenge or with an incorrect format will be rejected.

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3. Allowed Actions

Participants are allowed to:

• Analyze provided files locally.
• Run binaries in a controlled environment (VM, Docker, WSL, etc.).
• Use debuggers, disassemblers, and reverse engineering tools.
• Write scripts to automate analysis.
• Collaborate only if explicitly allowed by the organizers.

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4. Forbidden Actions

The following actions are strictly forbidden:

• Attacking the CTF infrastructure or platform (CTFd, scoreboard, database, etc.).
• Performing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against challenge services.
• Brute-forcing credentials or flags unless explicitly stated in the challenge.
• Sharing flags or solutions publicly during the competition.
• Exploiting vulnerabilities outside the scope of the provided challenges.

Any violation may result in disqualification.

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5. Challenge Services

Some challenges expose remote services (e.g. via HTTP or TCP).

• Do not attempt to disrupt or interfere with the service availability.
• Do not scan or attack hosts or ports not explicitly mentioned in the challenge description.
• All interaction must be limited to the provided service and scope.

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6. Scoring and Submissions

• Points are awarded when a correct flag is submitted.
• Each challenge can be solved only once per player.
• The scoreboard is updated automatically.
• In case of ties, ranking is determined by submission time.

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7. Fair Play

• Play fair and respect other participants.
• Do not attempt to gain unfair advantages.
• If you find an unintended solution or platform bug, report it to the organizers instead of abusing it.

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8. Hints

• Some challenges include optional hints.
• Using a hint may reduce your final score for that challenge.
• Hint costs are clearly indicated.

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9. Disclaimer

• Challenges are provided "as is".
• The organizers are not responsible for any damage caused by running challenge files on your system.
• Always analyze files in a safe and isolated environment.

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10. Final Notes

Have fun, learn something new, and enjoy the challenge!

Good luck and happy hacking 🚩