The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), the leading professional association dedicated to the promotion of cybersecurity in Nigeria held its annual International Conference Cyber Secure Nigeria 2024 in Abuja on 25th and 26th September 2024. This edition of the conference was unique as it featured alongside a virtual Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. The competition was facilitated by CSEAN Tech Team and sponsored by Lynsec Cybersecurity. Contestants from all over Nigeria were selected to participate in a 24-hour competition. The registration portal accessible via the address https://cseanctf.org.ng was launched on 13th September and accepted entries till 21st September 2024. A team member comprises 4 - 6 members regardless of age distribution and a minimum of undergraduate. Team members collaborated using the Discord server. The exercise was of jeopardy style which implies that teams were presented with lists of challenges in categories as listed below:
- Binary Exploitation.
- Reverse Engineering.
- Web Exploitation.
- Digital Forensics.
- Incident Response.
- Network Security.
- Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) among others.
A total of 18 applicants successfully applied through the registration portal. The team names are: -
- ManiakArmy
- NetSentinal
- Logs
- FULLEP CT
- 5 Root Warriors
- sate sate sate
- ne0h
- 77n00b5
- Night Bombers
- Pwn-stars
- IKINOKORU
- Hack4Shell
- waskocyber
- 5tr355
- Error
- S3nt1n3l
- WhoAreWe?
- Avengers
After a thrilling competition, Team Pwn-stars emerged as the overall winner with an impressive total of 2050 points. Team Logs and Sate Sate Sate secured the first runner-up and second runner-up positions with 1900 and 1850 points, respectively. Below is the final scoreboard following the conclusion of the event: -
