Higher Education Cyber Challenge @hecctf
A national cyber-security competition for UK Universities hecc.io Southampton, UK Joined January 2019-
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On March 9th, we were excited to host over 100 top cyber security students from across the UK for the first Higher Education Cyber Challenge. We're so glad everyone could join us! Here's a short video of what happened on the day. @unisouthampton @ECSUoS youtube.com/watch?v=2YBWws…
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Over 100 students from around the country descended on Highfield Campus last week to attend this year's Higher Education Cyber Challenge (@hecctf) - the UK's largest student-exclusive inter-university cyber security competition. Here's how it went down: ow.ly/dsHK50nre4V
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Few weeks back I had the priv to attend a @hecctf hosted by @v_sassone & @sotoncyber at @unisouthampton. Congrats to top 3 teams @cardiffuni,@Cambridge_Uni,@imperialcollege! @PaloAltoNtwks' @Unit42_Intel @jgrunzweig challenge solved uniquely by @altsegcat sigsegv.tech/articles/hecc-…
Had a great time chatting to @stephnradio on @BBCRadioSolent tonight! Thanks for having us! @ECSUoS @CybSecSoton @UoSMedia @unisouthampton
Thanks to all for coming along and we hope you enjoyed the challenges! For various reasons we can't release challenge sources but feel free to do write-ups, we'd be interested to see them!
Also here's the individual leaderboard breakdown. More stats and graphs to come but these will be released later hecc.io/individual_sco…
Here is the final team leaderboard for your viewing pleasure! Individual leaderboard to follow... hecc.io/team_scores
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At @hecctf today repping the @DMU_CyberTech jerseys! We had fun, learnt plenty and look forward to doing these kind of things again in the future! @hattonsec keep your eyes open next time 😉
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Hello @hecctf we are ready! @UoB_SecPriv
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Thanks to @hecctf for organising a fantastic CTF. A very close competition! Couldn't have done it without my teammates @lewisparsons123 and @Jack_Furby (Yes, we were team 0x434343 representing @cardiffuni )
Thanks to @hecctf for organising a fantastic CTF. A very close competition! Couldn't have done it without my teammates @lewisparsons123 and @Jack_Furby (Yes, we were team 0x434343 representing @cardiffuni )
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Most flags submitted overall 😎
Many thanks to our competitors for attending, our sponsors for their generous support, @ECSUoS for the use of the awesome B16 computing lab and @UoS_ServiceLine for assisting us in deploying our challenge network. @unisouthampton @CybSecSoton
Also congratulations to our prize winners: @PaloAltoNtwksUK Team Prize - Anonymoose Individual Flags Prize - Retr0id of 0x434343 Best Flags Submission - marios of Blue Bug Porcupines
Final Teams Leaderboard 1st - 0x434343 - 45500 Points 2nd - NP Compete - 44700 Points 3rd - EmpireCTF - 42200 Points
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After a great competition, comes a nice dinner and good company. Congrats to all teams who participated in @hecctf. Looking forward to the one next year! 🐵
We’re nearly all packed up, many thanks to everyone who came along! We hope you had fun, and safe journey home! Scores will be posted shortly.
And the challenge is complete! Awards ceremony shortly
Just 40 minutes to go and the scoreboard has been hidden... Who will win? We’ll be finding out very soon... #hecctf
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