Tomorrow begins the first phase of the CSAW Capture The Flag competition, designed to evaluate application security skills. Competitors will attack vulnerable applications and solve offensive challenges. Challenges are divided into technical categories and assigned point values based on how difficult they are. The CSAW CTF is loosely based on the widely known DEFCON Capture The Flag competition. As with all competitions, it takes more than just skill to succeed; plan a strategy and put together a diverse team.The contest — led by NYC security researcher Julian Cohen and Luis Garcia, a Master student at NYU:Poly, an ASPIRE scholar and a member of Information Systems and Internet Security lab — starts with the qualifier round from 8 p.m. tomorrow to 8 p.m. Sunday.The final round takes place Nov. 10th-11th. Specifically: * Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 12:00 EST to Friday, Nov. 11,2011 12:00 EST * Top 10 undergraduate teams from the United States who play according to the competition rules will be flown to New York to play in the Final Round.As the event website notes, “The term Capture The Flag has a lot of history throughout the hacker community. We use the term because our challenge-based competition is centered around solving technical challenges to find flags and submit them for points.”Here are some more raw event details from the website:CSAW CTF 2011Qualification Round: Friday, September 23, 2011 20:00 EDT (-4) – Sunday, September 25, 2011 20:00 EDT (-4) Starts at 8PM. 48 hours long. Registration is Open.Final Round: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:00 EST (-5) – Friday, November 11, 2011 12:00 EST (-5)Starts at Noon. 24 hours long. Top 10 Undergraduate teams from the United States who play according to the Competition Rules will be flown to New York to play in the Final Round. InformationQuestions about the CSAW CTF should be directed to csaw_ctf@isis.poly.edu Questions about NYU Poly’s Cyber Security Awareness Week should be directed to csaw_info@isis.poly.eduMailing ListTo be notified of all updates about the competition, sign up for our Mailing List.IRCDuring the CTF, we will be using #csaw on isis.poly.edu port 6697 (ssl only).–Bill BrennerSign up today.Get your morning news fix with the daily Salted Hash e-newsletter! Related content news Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach After being contacted by Salted Hash, Gwinnett Medical Center has confirmed they're investigating a security incident By Steve Ragan Oct 02, 2018 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Hacking news Facebook: 30 million accounts impacted by security flaw (updated) In a blog post, Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen said the attackers exploited a flaw in the website's 'View As' function By Steve Ragan Sep 28, 2018 4 mins Data Breach Security news Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals Did they really think this would work? By Steve Ragan Sep 04, 2018 2 mins Phishing Social Engineering Security news Congress pushes MITRE to fix CVE program, suggests regular reviews and stable funding After a year of investigation into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, the Energy and Commerce Committee has some suggestions as to how it can be improved By Steve Ragan Aug 27, 2018 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe