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RAMunchers 2026

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In the very far future (May 2026), a new AI, Gibson, is slowly gaining control of the world's computer systems, making them more and more annoying to use. Your job is to hack through the many systems Gibson is using, and free the world from it's mediocre management.

This is a four day jeopardy style CTF with a range of challenges, from web exploitation to reverse engineering. Your goal is to solve challenges and gain more flags than your opponents. Whether you're a seasoned grey beard or just starting as a beginner, you don't want to miss this CTF!

RAMunchers implements a no AI policy, if AI is found to be used, your team will be disqualified. Team size must be a maximum of five people.

Pwn 5

Challenge Has
AI_Recreation files
A_More_Complicated_Example files
Ask_For_A_Demo files
Breaking_Arena files
LLM_Showdown files

Reverse 3

Challenge Has
Authentication_Tokens files
Gibsons_First files
Obfuscated_Nightmare files

Crypto 5

Challenge Has
Delphi_Protocol_1 files
Ea_Nasir_Secure files
Escalation_Protocol files
Nine_Strings_Nine_Bytes_Nine_Nines files
gibson_vs_2006 files

Forensics 2

Challenge Has
C2_No_Evil files
Pixel_Perfect files

Misc 3

Challenge Has
BrainFuzz files
Code_Agent files
Robot_rambles files

OSINT 4

Challenge Has
AI_or_Real files
Data_Centre_Hijack files
Gibson_makes_a_Mistake files
Mission_Find_the_Base files