The Hex Factor contest designed by the awesome THF Team is not only fun and educational, thanks to some of our sponsors, you can earn some rewards. The below list is subject to change and is only to give you an idea. 1st Prize– 5 x 50 EUR Gift Vouchers of Amazon– 3 x T-Shirt of The Hex Factor 20102nd Prize– 3 x 50 EUR Gift Vouchers of Amazon– 3 x T-Shirt of The Hex…
The first person to answer the challenge completely was Philippe Teuwen. Kudos for solving this challenge the day itself. Since he already has a ticket, he receives a Tshirt and prices will go to the runner-up Mark Hillick! For those who wondered what the correct answer was, here is the solution: Hidden.rtf is hidden in vader.gif using steganography with the IDEA encryption protocol. Using the passphrase “hexfactor” the file can be extracted. Hidden.rtf contains the…
You still have till Monday to send in your answer but here is a little tip: to have an IDEA about the HIDDEN message in the picture, you just need to focus on the “hexfactor” (lowercase) 😉 Win a prize: a Hex Factor sample challenge
Showing you a little more of what you can do or see during 24 & 25 September. The Hex Factor will be a challenge where people are introduced to the world of security in all its different aspects, or where experienced professionals can improve their current skill set. It is not only a contest for the most elite hacker(s), the challenges are broad and meant to be fun for everyone. Visit the BruCON wiki to…
Besides the schedule we are about to launch, we will give you three extra good reasons to attend BruCON: The Hex Factor: this test of your skills will be back to teach everyone from beginner to advanced expert, network admin to pentester some new tricks. Learn more about The Hex Factor on http://www.thehexfactor.org and follow their blog as well! They will release the solutions from 2009 on their blog on a weekly basis! They launched…
From The Hex Factor Team: “In the last months, you had the chance to get a sneak preview on some of the typical challenges (PDF Challenge & WifiPuzzle) that will be included in The Hex Factor during BruCON. Today, we are happy to announce that 1. Everything is on schedule (read: we are still alive, we still have girlfriends … at least some of us do, systems are running) and the challenges are ready to…
Of all the submissions, we received 5 correct answers. Out of those, Tyler H. is the winner. Other persons to submit a correct answer were: Jo B. Pascal R. Phil A. Patrick H. (from Redteam Pentesting who was also the winner of the first challenge) Here is the solution of the wifi puzzle provided by Didier Stevens. A big thanks to him for all his hard work and dedication! All participants expressed they had loads…
Want to win a 10% discount on a conference ticket and a BruCON training of choice? We’ll even throw in some BruCON stickers as a bonus. Here is another sample of the Hex Challenge that will be running at BruCON. Located in this file, is a hidden message. Send your answer to contest {removethisbyATsign} brucon (dot) org by Wednesday 26th of August by 16:00 GMT+1 at the latest. We will select a winner from all…
To give our visitors a small sample of “The Hex Factor“, we are doing a little contest. Here is a file from the reverse engineering track. There is a hidden message within the file. The first person that posts the message in the comment of this post, gets a 10% ticket discount1 and some BruCON and “PDF – Penetration Document Format” + “How is my Hacking(.com)” stickers donated by Didier Stevens. UPDATE: Comment settings were…
Since some of our mailings only went out at the last moment, we are extending the early bird tickets with a few days. To be eligible for early bird fees, you have to register on the 3rd of July at the latest and we must have received your payment on the 6th of July at the latest. After this point, it will not be possible anymore and you won’t have a chance to win the…