RITSEC 2026

Yarrrr, pirate-themed CTF! Sharpen yer cutlasses an' get yer skills ready for the test!

RITSEC CTF is an annual cybersecurity Capture The Flag competition organized by members of RITSEC from Rochester Institute of Technology.

It features challenges in many categories including PWN, cryptography, reversing, forensics, web, and more. Difficulties range from beginner-level to advanced challenges.

Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/aNP8BupNmg

See more at https://ctf.ritsec.club

Web 5

Challenge	Has
Poastboard_1	files
RabbitTalk	files
Regular_Dude	files
average_contrived_notes_app	files
cant_count_no_more	files

Pwn 4

Challenge	Has
Bake_a_Pi	files
Careening	files
Marauder_Might	files
doMonkeysSwim #static-rop #stack-buffer-overflow #stack-pivot #syscall	files wu 1

Reverse 8

Challenge	Has
Black_Ledger	files
Buried_Treasure #multi-stage-unpacking #memfd-create #xor #strace-dump	files wu 1
Deadwater	files
Marauder_Matchup	files
Proxied	files
T_reasure_Chest #xtea	files wu 1
not_quite_optimal #gmp #tetration #power-tower	files wu 1
obfpyscated #python-obfuscation #xor #aes	files wu 1

Crypto 3

Challenge	Has
Captain_Marks_Compass	files
Pierres_Compass	files
Portobelo	files

Forensics 5

Challenge	Has
Davy_Jones_Message	files
Ocean_Wildlife	files
Song_Inside_a_Shell	files
This_Craft_is_Mine	files
Zipped_Up	files

Misc 3

Challenge	Has
highly_specific	files
impossibler_pygolf #micropython #code-golf #grep-mbedtls-test-vector	files wu 1
slopjail	files