i had the most fun with a ctf chall in a while with this defcon quals live ctf challenge
birds (def not bots) are machines made for shooting each other
We didn't really post here during the event but DEFCON CTF Quals just concluded and LiveCTF was part of it with a new concept. Check out our website livectf.com/ to find links to all the recap streams we did and witness the chaotic bird training action!
In this year's @livectf, the player from Blue Water had built a fully autonomous AI agent which solved the challs in the background. It solved 3 of the challs he played, but a lot of them are probably AI solvable. They ( link to stream) can be found here: github.com/Live-CTF/LiveCTF-…
My biggest surprise at #defcon33 : in a head-to-head LiveCTF match, one player’s AI bot beat _both_ humans to the punch.
I was commentating the match & was super confused because I could see the player had only just begun their solve script: youtube.com/live/TYn38VfmDRU…
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Our semi-final round of LiveCTF at DEF CON CTF 2025 is live now! Join us at youtube.com/@livectf/live for the semi-finals and in about 50min for the finals! Will the bots finally take over? Is this the end of human speed-hacking?! Join us to find out!
Who's ready for hacker summer camp?! The LiveCTF team is excited to be joining @Nautilus_CTF again for DEF CON CTF finals starting tomorrow! Check out the schedule showing our streaming links and live bracket!
livectf.com/
*tap*, *tap* This thing on?
It's that time again! Prepare yourself for another DEF CON CTF qualifiers with a LiveCTF component this weekend! Thanks to @Nautilus_CTF for having us back and running another year! Keep an eye out here and at livectf.com/ for more details.
Also, we're now available on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/livectf.bsk…
If you're over there as well make sure to help spread the word about our new account there.
We might have gotten a bit pre-occupied with running the event itself instead of posting, but we wrapped up the LiveCTF finals during DEF CON CTF! Final results and links to all three days worth of videos: livectf.com/
Oh, and also: github.com/Live-CTF/LiveCTF-…
Did you miss us? LiveCTF is back! Join us this weekend during the DEF CON CTF Qualifiers by @Nautilus_CTF: nautilus.institute/
We'll post updated details on our website soon, but you can expect the same structure as quals last year.
Ever wanted to learn tips and tricks from champion #CTF players?
Here's a detailed breakdown of a recorded @LiveCTF match showing the tools and strategies of speed #hacking.
Check out what made the difference between winning and losing: seeinglogic.com/posts/livect…
The Google CTF Finals 2023 are coming! Watch the best CTF teams compete in our custom video game tomorrow, Sunday, 1pm JST. #Hackceler8#GoogleCTF#Gaming
In the final round of @livectf at Defcon this year, the contestants hit sudden death when both of their Noppenheimer solutions solved locally but failed to land remotely.
You can solve this all too-common CTF problem with some scapy IP fragmentation
supernetworks.org/pages/blog…
Who else are we missing? If your team participated in LiveCTF, let us know individual contributor info (if they wish to be identified) so we can update match descriptions. We just updated all the @mhackeroni matches with Chino's info (x.com/Kee__no). Tell us yours!