Description
Dakota State University (DSU) and the University of NebraskaKearney (UNK) is hosting a 5
day reverse engineering (RE) challenge.
The competition will start at 8am central on Monday,
March 28th and end on Friday, April 1st at 10am central.
The challenges will test a variety of
skills necessary for any reverse engineer and all skill levels are welcome to apply. The
challenges are arranged in categories, with increasingly more difficult challenges in each
category. The initial challenges are designed to develop, or test, basic skills and progress to
intermediate and then advanced challenges.
If you take on the challenge you might have to
reverse PDFs, .NET binaries, obfuscated PHP, Javascript, x86, x64,C++, PE, ELF, MachO,
and so on.
Registration Is Open!
Go to http://0xevilc0de.com/to register
Registration & Questions
Registration will open throughout the competition. If you have any questions please email
joshua.stroschein@dsu.edu.
Contest
Participants will receive instructions on where to download the challenges at the start of the
competition. Instructions will be sent to the email address used to register. This event is
sponsored inpart by DSU’s Center of Excellence.
This is a virtual event, you are not required
to be present at DakotaCon in order to participate.
Scoring
Challenges will be assigned a point value based off of the difficulty. Total points awarded will be
calculated using the point value from the challenge and the time of submission (for a correct
answer). Point value decreases as the competition progresses. An overall score board will be
maintained and accessible throughout the competition.
Rules
This is an individual competition, any indications of cheating will result in dismissal.
About Me
- Dr. Gerry Santoro
- I am a retired Emeritus founding faculty member of Penn State University's College of Information Sciences and Technology. I am currently an adjunct faculty member of State College of Florida. I have almost 50 years of experience in IT design, programming and management. Many of the classes I have developed and taught deal with Cybersecurity or Risk Analysis. From 2012 to 2017 I was Program Coordinator of the SRA undergraduate degree. My specialties include computer forensics, security and risk management, risk assessment and risk mitigation. This Blog is intended to be one of the ways that I share my interests with others. You may contact me at gmsantoro@gmail.com.