ctf-writeups

CTF Writeups

2023

• BYUCTF 2023
  • Criterion 🖋 - OSINT, 496 pts (17 solves)
  • Hexadecalingo 🖋 - steganography, 428 pts (65 solves)
  • MI6configuration - pwn, 3 parts—418, 425, and 436 pts (69, 66, 61 solves, respectively)
  • Paleontology 🖋 - forensics/steganography, 500 pts (4 solves)
  • Q10 🖋 - forensics/steganography, 500 pts (5 solves)
  • 𐐗𐐡𐐆𐐑𐐓𐐄? 🖋 - cryptography, 403 pts (75 solves)
• BYU Winter 2023 End-of-Semester CTF 🥇
  • MI6configuration - pwn, 4 parts—484 pts each

2022

• BYU Fall 2022 End-of-Semester CTF 🥇
  • Paleontology 🖋- forensics/steganography
• BSidesSF 2022 CTF
  • dual-type-multi-format 🩸 - forensics, 856 pts
  • lph 🩸 - forensics, 986 pts
• BYUCTF 2022
  • Banana Smoothie 🖋- forensics/steganography, 349 pts
  • Sticky Key 🖋 - forensics/steganography, 304 pts
  • XQR 🖋 - cryptography, 490 pts
• BYU Winter 2022 End-of-Semester CTF 🥈
  • The Most Worthy Distinction of Pain 🎖 - cryptography, 500 pts
  • Too Many Times 🩸🎖 - cryptography, 500 pts
• Digital Overdose Conference 2022 CTF
  • Based - cryptography, 100 pts
• San Diego CTF 2022
  • Free Flag - miscellaneous, 300 pts
  • Internprise Encryption - revenge, 200 pts

Key:

• 🩸 = first blood (solved the challenge first)
• 🖋 = challenge author (wrote the challenge)
• 🎖 = recieved an award for the creation of this challenge or writeup
• 🥇 = placed 1st in this CTF
• 🥈 = placed 2nd in this CTF