Registrations Open · Limited Seats

CAPTURE THE FLAG 2026 // MGM UNIVERSITY

A full-day, hands-on Capture The Flag competition by the SOET Cyber Security Club, in collaboration with RTS — Rudra Tech Services. Web exploitation, cryptography, forensics, reversing, OSINT and steganography — solve challenges, submit flags, climb the scoreboard. Hack. Solve. Capture the Flag.

>_ BEGIN REGISTRATION READ THE BRIEF

⚠ Heads up: the registration portal is itself challenge #0. Bring your brain.

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soet-ctf — bash — 80x24
root@soet-ctf:~$ whoami
admin
root@soet-ctf:~$ cat /etc/motd
=== MGM SOET x RTS — CTF ARENA 2026 ===
scoreboard : live · dynamic scoring
window : 10:00 → 17:00 IST
root@soet-ctf:~$ ./arena --status
[ok] challenges .......... 25 staged
[ok] flag format ......... MGM{...}
[ok] seats ............... filling fast
root@soet-ctf:~$
// event_brief

The mission briefing

One day. Twenty-five challenges. One scoreboard. Show up solo or roll in with a squad of three.

Date
21 SEP 2026
Time
10:00 → 17:00
Venue
SOET, MGM University
Entry Fee
₹250 / participant
// challenge_tracks

What you will be breaking

Beginner-friendly entry points in every track, with a steep tail for the people who came to win.

🌐 Web ExploitationIDOR, auth bypass, injection, broken logic
🔑 CryptographyClassical ciphers, encodings, weak keys
🔍 ForensicsPCAP analysis, file carving, memory dumps
⚙ Reverse EngineeringBinaries, bytecode, obfuscated scripts
🕵 OSINTOpen-source intel, metadata, footprints
📸 SteganographyHidden payloads in images and audio
// whats_in_it_for_you

Why you should be in that room

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Hands-on Challenges

Real, practical cybersecurity problems — not theory, not slides. You break things and you learn why they broke.

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Technical + Problem Solving

Stress-test your logic, pattern recognition and tooling under a live clock and a live scoreboard.

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Solo or Squad

Compete individually or form a team of up to three. Split the tracks, share the wins.

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Cash Prizes

Exciting cash prizes for the top of the leaderboard. Bragging rights are complimentary.

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Refreshments

Refreshments for every participant, because nobody pwns anything on an empty stomach.

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Digital Certificates

Every participant receives a digital certificate of participation from SOET & RTS.

// rules_of_engagement

Rules of engagement

  • Team size: maximum 3 students per team, individual entries welcome.
  • Entry fee: ₹250 per participant, payable during registration.
  • Bring: your own laptop, charger and a college ID card.
  • Allowed: Kali/Parrot, Burp, CyberChef, Ghidra, Wireshark, the whole toolbox.
  • Not allowed: attacking scoreboard infra, flag sharing, DoS against the arena.
  • Scoring: dynamic — challenge value drops as more teams solve it. Ties broken by first-blood time.
⚠ LIMITED ENTRIES ONLY. Seats are allotted strictly first-come, first-served through the official MGM University ERP event portal. Once the hall is full, registration closes — no on-spot entries.
scoreboard.rules
# flag format
MGM{sn4k3_c4s3_w1th_und3rsc0r3s}
# submissions
unlimited · no penalty on wrong flags
# hints
purchasable with points, use them wisely
// in_collaboration_with

Organised by

Host & Organiser SOET Cyber Security Club School of Engineering & Technology, MGM University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
singularity · you are being pulled in
Technology Partner RTS — Rudra Tech Services Offensive security, challenge design & CTF arena infrastructure
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