Opportunity brief
Hack. Solve. Capture the Flag.
For external participants, please register through the official event page:
https://ctf.z0d1ak.org/
The Z0d1ak CTF is a global, online, Jeopardy-style Capture the Flag competition that challenges participants across a wide range of cybersecurity domains. Put your problem-solving, analytical thinking, and exploitation skills to the test as you tackle challenges designed to push your understanding of information security.
Cash Prize Pool: $2000+
Round 1: Z0d1ak CTF Qualifiers:
The competition begins with a 36-hour online qualifier, featuring challenges across multiple cybersecurity domains, including:
- Web Exploitation
- Cryptography
- Reverse Engineering
- Binary Exploitation
- Digital Forensics
- Other cybersecurity domains
Participants can compete individually or form teams with no team size limit during the online qualifiers. Solve challenges, uncover flags, and climb the leaderboard to secure a place in the finals.
- Start: 21 August 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- End: 23 August 2026, 4:00 AM UTC
- Duration: 36 hours
- Mode: Online
- Platform: Z0d1ak CTF Portal - https://ctf.z0d1ak.org/
Round 2: Z0d1ak CTF Finals:
The top-performing teams from the online qualifiers will advance to the in-person finals at VIT Vellore. Only 1–5 members from each selected team may attend the final round.
- Date: 19 September 2026
- Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
- Venue: VIT Vellore
Event Details:
- Eligibility: Open to all
- Registration Fee: Free
- Qualifier Team Size: No limit
- Final Team Size: 1–5 members
Participants may use publicly available tools, scripts, documentation, and AI tools unless a particular challenge explicitly restricts their use. All flags must be obtained through legitimate completion of challenges.
Attacking the competition infrastructure, other participants, organizers, sponsors, or systems outside the designated challenge environment is strictly prohibited.
Think you have what it takes to find the vulnerabilities, crack the challenges, and capture the flags?
Enter the z0d1ak CTF and prove your cybersecurity skills.