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pico-Boo!: How to avoid scaring students away in a CTF competition (2019) Automatic Problem Generation for Capture-the-Flag Competitions (2015) picoCTF: A Game-Based Computer …

In 2014 we ran a large-scale CTF competition called PicoCTF, where we measured the prevalence of flag sharing. Our results indicate that about 0.8% of flags submitted to AGP …

Over the course of four months, a team of 13 students from PPP and Team Osiris led by David Brumley built picoCTF2. From April 26th to May 6th 2013, nearly 10,000 middle and high …

various cyber security exploits. While most CTF competitions are college-level or above, picoCTF specifically targets middle & high school students. The code for its framework is open-source …

Jul 25, 2024 · As the table above shows, using a GUI involves browsing and clicking, while using a shell involves knowing a good app to use. Google has made finding the right app for a shell …

Mar 14, 2025 · picoCTF is a free computer security education program with original content built on a capture-the-flag framework created by security and privacy experts at Carnegie Mellon …

Jan 30, 2025 · picoCTF is a free computer security education program with original content built on a capture-the-flag framework created by security and privacy experts at Carnegie Mellon …

Apr 12, 2025 · If you are trying to make a beginner-friendly CTF challenge, it’s very likely you would make a challenge for which the solution would revolve around a well known and …

What is a CTF? CTFs (short for capture the flag) are a type of computer security competition. Contestants are presented with a set of challenges which test their creativity, technical (and …