WarGames.MY 2011: First Malaysian Online ‘Hacker Challenge’ Sees Over 30 Teams in ‘Battle’
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - WarGames.MY 2011, Malaysia’s first online Capture The Flag (CTF) competition, recently held on the 2nd July 2011, saw Malaysian hackers battle for fame and fortune during the 24 hours event. The competition attracted as many as 99 teams signing up for the competition however only 30 teams actually competed for the cash prize of RM2000, sponsored by System Defenders Sdn. Bhd, complimentary passes to HITBSecConf2011 – Malaysia, sponsored by Hack In The Box. Sdn. Bhd. and most importantly, the fame and glory of being crowned champions in Malaysia’s first online CTF competition!
The contest tested participants in 6 different categories – reverse engineering, cryptography, network security, digital forensics, web application security and general puzzles. Featuring a total of 18 challenges, at the stroke of midnight MYT, the first two levels, Forensics100 and Binary100 were released.
In the Binary100 challenge, the teams had to apply their reverse engineering skills in order to understand the inner workings of a piece of software, while in the forensics challenge, teams had to perform ‘real world’ investigations involving recovering files and other important information. The remaining level 100 challenges were Crypto100, Net100, Web100, and Puzzle100, each awarding 100 points per solution. The level of difficulty of a challenge also increases according the amount of points it carries.
At the 12 hour / mid point mark, a total of 11 challenges had been released with as many as 6 solved by participating teams and it was a close battle between early leaders team kueytiow and team p03p0wn throughout. At the stroke of midnight on 28th July 2011, the score sever was brought down signaling the end of the game.
To be crowned champions required a team to complete at least one challenge from each category, however as there weren’t any teams who did, no winners were officially declared. As many as 15 challenges were released during the competition with team kueytiow finishing at 1st place, team p03p0wn finishing in 2nd place and team permaban finishing in 3rd. Fourteen teams actually scored points out of the 34 teams that officially participated.
“WarGames.MY is a good platform for encouraging the proliferation of hacking skills among Malaysians, in a controlled, ethical manner”, said the sole member of team kueytiow. “Overall, the game is quite challenging but at the same time, very entertaining. I would like to join it every month!”, he added.
Team p03p0wn actually came close to knocking Kueytiow down to second place, however they were not able to solve the web100 challenge in time. “It was a really good game. We really liked the binaries and cryptography challenges and we would definitely participate again”, they said.
Echoing their sentiment, third place finishers, team permaban added “It was a great game. It was systematic and we loved all of the challenges, it gave us lots of new information regarding IT security”.
“It was good to see Malaysian hackers taking part in the first online CTF! We spotted some great talent especially in the area of reverse engineering and overall the teams did great”, said RuFI0, team leader of The Sexy Kambingz (TSK), co-organizers of Wargames.my 2011.
“Due to the overwhelming response from the local hackers, you can count that there’ll be another WarGames.MY next year. After a few years, we have plans of making the competition a global event. That way our local hackers can compete with the rest of the world”, said RuFI0 when asked about next year’s plans.
“On behalf of the organizing committee, I would also like to thank our sponsors, System Defenders Sdn. Bhd. for the cash prizes and Hack In The Box Sdn. Bhd. for the training and conference passes”, he added.
“Organizing a CTF always involves a lot of work and stress, but we get satisfaction out of it knowing that participants had fun and enjoyed it!”, added Riaf, a member of The Sexy Kambingz (TSK).
A security meet up is planned at Hackerspace KL on the 26th of July 2011 to discuss the challenges and solutions to Wargames.MY. For more information about WarGames.MY and Hackerspace KL, please see:
http://hackerspace.my
http://twitter.com/hackerspacekl
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We are at WAR. NO Electronics Friday on 01/07/2011
June 30, 2011 by kakeman · Leave a Comment
Breaking news.
A bunch of kambingsss (collectively known as The Sexy Kambingz) have invaded HSKL. They plan to eat and shit at HSKL during this weekend.
We, the mortal at HSKL, will do our best to protect our lair. As such, we are declaring war against The Sexy Kambingz, and we called it WarGames.MY 2011.
For HSKL member, you all are welcomed to be there and support us. Since this is an internal battle, outsider please stay away from HSKL for this Friday.
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WarGames.MY 2011 – Can You Hack IT?
June 20, 2011 by RuFI0 · Leave a Comment
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – WarGames.MY 2011, Malaysia’s first online capture the flag competition, aims to bring the fun of tinkering and puzzle solving back to hacking! The event will allow Malaysian ‘hackers’ to showcase their skills in a secure and contained environment and prove that they are amongst the best the country has to offer.
Organized by Hackerspace Kuala Lumpur (HSKL), a special interest group operating from Damansara Utama and sponsored by Hack In The Box (HITB) and System Defenders, the competition takes place online for a duration of 24-hours starting from 00:01 (MYT) on Saturday 2nd July and ends Sunday, 3rd July 2011 at 00:01 (MYT). The challenge will test participants in a variety of areas in IT security including reverse engineering, cryptography, network security, digital forensics, web application security and general puzzle solving.
“Competitions such as this online Capture The Flag (CTF) are excellent venues to identify individuals with the skills and the mindset of a real hacker,” said RuFI0, team leader of The Sexy Kambingz (TSK) who are co-organizers of the competition.
“In any CTF, knowing how to run automated tools or compile publicly available exploits will get you nowhere as the challenges are custom written to test participants real knowledge of specific vulnerabilities. Anyone can run tools and scripts but it takes an actual hacker to understand how a vulnerability works, how to exploit it and further more, how to fix it,” he added.
WarGames.MY 2011 also offers bonus challenges for participants to have a chance at winning complimentary training passes to this year’s HITB Security Conference (HITBSecConf2011 – Malaysia) held from the 10th – 13th of October 2011. A cash prize of RM2000, sponsored by System Defenders, also awaits this year’s competition winner.
For more information and to register to compete for WarGames.MY 2011, please see: http://wargames.my
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wargamesmy
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Reminder: Security Meetup – SCADA 101
March 30, 2011 by j00dan · Leave a Comment
Please be reminded that HSKL will have its monthly security meet-up on 05/04/2011 (Tuesday) from 8pm-10pm. Although it is open to everyone and we would like as many people to come, seats are limited in the space.
If you would like to join us please put your name down here. If you have questions please drop me an email at jordan (.at.) hackerspace.my
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Security Meetup- SCADA 101
March 20, 2011 by j00dan · Leave a Comment
What?
- What is SCADA?
- What is inside a SCADA system?
- Where can you find SCADA system?
- How it is used in industries?
In this presentation, I will walk you through:
- Introduction to SCADA system
- The usage of SCADA system in industries
- Introduction to SCADA security
When?
- 5/4/2011, 8pm – 10pm (Tuesday)
Where?
- HackerspaceKL
Who?
- Everyone is invited. If you want to know the answers to those questions, you should be there!
Cost?
- Free for members. We’re all about keeping knowledge free, but in the real world that we live in, everything requires money. Hence non-members are required a minimum donation of RM15. Your donation will be used for the upkeep of the space.
NOTE: If you are interested to talk at our HSKL Security Meetup event, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Fill up this form and we’ll arrange it from there!
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Reminder: Security Meetup – Physical Security 101 – Securing Brick and Mortar that Matter
February 24, 2011 by kakeman · Leave a Comment
Please be reminded that HSKL will have its monthly security meet-up on 01/03/2011 (Tuesday) from 8pm-10pm. Although it is open to everyone and we would like as many people to come, seats are limited in the space.
If you would like to join us please put your name down here. If you have questions please drop me an email at kakeman (.at.) hackerspace.my
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Security Meetup – Physical Security 101 – Securing Brick and Mortar that Matter
- I want to install an Alarm System for my house/office. Is that enough?
- What about Acess Control System and CCTV-DVR? Do I need that?
- What is CMS (Central Monitoring Service)? Do I really need that?
- Security systems that are generally available in the market.
- The pros and cons of each system.
- In what situation do you need such system.
- 1st March 2011, 8-10pm (Tuesday)
- HackerspaceKL
- Everyone is invited. If you want to know the answers to those questions, you should be there!
- Free for members. We’re all about keeping knowledge free, but in the real world that we live in, everything requires money. Hence non-members are required a minimum donation of RM15. Your donation will be used for the upkeep of the space.
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Reminder : Security Meetup – UniPwned! – Hacking UniFi for the LOLZ
January 4, 2011 by klks · Leave a Comment
Reminder that HSKL will have its monthly security meet-up on the 11th (Tuesday) of this month from 8pm-10pm. Although it is open to everyone and we would like as many people to come, seats are limited in the space. If you would like to join us please put your name down here. If you have questions drop me an email at klks84 (at) hackerspace.my
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RootedCON’2010 CTF
September 14, 2010 by spoonfork · Leave a Comment
For those interested 
http://www.rs-labs.com/rooted2010-ctf/
Game starts on the 17th of September, 2010.
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Hacking Tuesdays – Wifi Hacking 101
March 2, 2010 by sniffit · Leave a Comment
This week’s edition of Hacking Tuesdays will teach you wireless hacking using Open Source tools. No experience need. Bring your own laptop, or laptop with Backtrack installed (either on VMware or hard disk)