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CyberStrike CTF 2026

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Participants
2,847
Teams
712
Challenges
42
Prize pool
$25,000
Event brief

About CyberStrike

CyberStrike CTF 2026 is a 24-hour global jeopardy competition built for players who want realistic offensive-security problems without artificial puzzle noise. Teams tackle web exploitation, binary exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, digital forensics and miscellaneous challenge tracks while the dynamic scoreboard adapts challenge value as solves increase.

Challenges are designed by RedForge researchers and invited community authors. Infrastructure is isolated per challenge where required, scoring is verified server-side, and organizers publish challenge updates directly into the event notification stream. Results remain attached to participant profiles after the competition ends.

Event configuration

Key information

Starts
03 Oct 2026 · 08:00 UTC
UTC timezone
Ends
04 Oct 2026 · 08:00 UTC
24 hours
Format
Jeopardy
Intermediate → Advanced
Scoring
Dynamic
Challenge value decreases as more teams solve it
Team settings
Teams · max 4
Team changes lock when the event starts
Registration
Auto-approved
Deadline: 03 Oct · 07:30 UTC · Free
Eligibility
Open worldwide · 18+ or guardian consent
Organizer verification may be requested
Access
Public event
Challenge board is available to registered participants
Rewards

Prizes & awards

1st$12,000

Champion team + CTFWall winner badge

2nd$7,000

Runner-up team

3rd$4,000

Third-place team

Special$2,000

Best university team + first-blood awards

Challenge map

Categories

Web
9
challenges
Pwn
8
challenges
Crypto
7
challenges
Rev
7
challenges
Forensics
6
challenges
Misc
5
challenges
People behind the event

Organizers & sponsors

RedForge Security logo
RedForge Security
Organizer
RedForge Security
Packet Foundry
TraceGrid
Nullbyte Labs
Schedule

Key milestones

Registration opensSep 12 · 12:00 UTC
CTF startsOct 03 · 08:00 UTC
Scoreboard freezeOct 04 · 07:00 UTC
CTF endsOct 04 · 08:00 UTC
Verified resultsOct 05 · 12:00 UTC