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Enter CYTHON CTF 1.0, a 36-hour online cybersecurity competition by NxtGenSec, featuring hands-on challenges in ethical hacking, web security, cryptography, digital forensics and many more.

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Timings: 30 Oct, 10:00 AM – 31 Oct, 10:00 PM IST

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About the Event

What is CYTHON CTF?

CYTHON CTF is a cybersecurity Capture The Flag competition designed to bring curious minds, students, developers, and security enthusiasts together through practical security challenges.

Participants work through problems, analyze evidence, uncover weaknesses in intentionally designed challenges, and submit flags according to the competition rules.

The event encourages technical curiosity, ethical security practices, problem-solving, and continuous learning.

Challenge Categories

Choose Your Battlefield

Explore different areas of cybersecurity through challenge-based problem-solving.

/web

Web Exploitation

Investigate vulnerabilities in intentionally vulnerable web applications.

/crypto

Cryptography

Analyze encoded messages, ciphers, and cryptographic puzzles.

/forensics

Digital Forensics

Examine files and digital artifacts to uncover hidden evidence.

/reverse

Reverse Engineering

Study program behavior and uncover how software works.

/osint

OSINT

Use publicly available information to solve investigation challenges.

/misc

Miscellaneous

Tackle creative technical puzzles that do not fit into a single category.

How It Works

Your Path to the Flag

  1. 01

    Register

    Provide the required participant and team details.

  2. 02

    Prepare

    Review the event instructions, rules, and schedule when published.

  3. 03

    Solve

    Work through the challenges using technical knowledge, investigation, and problem-solving.

  4. 04

    Submit

    Submit discovered flags through the official challenge platform when available.

This website covers event information and registration only. Challenges are solved and flags submitted on the official challenge platform once the organizer opens it.

Rewards

What will you get?

01

Cash Prize

Win a cash prize of up to ₹10K.

02

Premium AI Tools

Top performers get premium AI tools and subscriptions.

03

Cyber Platform Access

1-month premium access to NxtGenSec's cyber platform.

04

Certificates

Participation certificates for every participant.

05

Internships

Internship opportunities at NxtGenSec.

06

And Many More

Exciting extras and surprises to be announced.

Entry

One Pass. Full Battlefield.

A single team pass covers 2–4 members for the entire 36-hour competition.

Team Pass · 2–4 members

₹99 per person

Team pass auto-calculated at registration: ₹198 (2 members) · ₹297 (3) · ₹396 (4). Secure checkout via Cashfree.

  • Full 36-hour competition access for the whole team.
  • All 6 challenge categories: web, crypto, forensics, reverse, OSINT, misc.
  • Leaderboard, participation certificates, and prize eligibility.

Terms · Refunds & Cancellations

Rules & Eligibility

Play Smart. Play Fair.

General Rules

  • 01Follow the official competition instructions.
  • 02Work only on targets explicitly authorized by the event.
  • 03Do not attack the website, infrastructure, or other participants.
  • 04Do not interfere with event availability or challenge integrity.
  • 05Do not share flags or solutions in violation of the official event rules.
  • 06Do not impersonate other participants.
  • 07Report suspected vulnerabilities in the event infrastructure responsibly.
  • 08Respect the event's final eligibility, team-size, and submission requirements.

Eligibility

  • Open to students, professionals, and other interested participants.
  • Individual or team participation, subject to the configured policy.
  • Participants must provide accurate information.
  • Additional requirements, if any, must be published before registration.

These are the event's working guidelines — the final official rules, team-size limits, and submission requirements will be published by the organizer before the competition.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

A Capture The Flag cybersecurity competition by NxtGenSec where you solve practical security challenges across web, crypto, forensics, reverse, OSINT and misc categories.

Open to everyone — students, professionals, and other interested participants. Provide accurate details during registration.

Yes. Challenges encourage learning by solving, and beginners can start with easier problems and learn progressively.

No. CYTHON CTF 1.0 is team-only — form a team of 2 to 4 members to compete.

Yes — teams of 2 to 4 members. Pick your size in Step 2 and add each member's name and email.

Yes — ₹99 per participant (₹198 for 2, ₹297 for 3, ₹396 for 4), collected securely through Cashfree during registration before your team is confirmed.

Schedule and instructions will be published by NxtGenSec. Review the How It Works section and watch your email for updates.

Through the email and mobile number you provide in the registration form, plus announcements on this site.

Yes. Your registration is saved to our event database and a confirmation will follow on your email.

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