Announcing the Sixth Annual Flare-On Challenge
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The FireEye Labs Advanced Reverse Engineering (FLARE) team is
thrilled to announce that the popular Flare-On reverse engineering
challenge will return for the sixth straight year. The contest will
begin at 8:00 p.m. ET on Aug. 16, 2019. This is a CTF-style challenge
for all active and aspiring reverse engineers, malware analysts, and
security professionals. The contest runs for six full weeks and ends
at 8:00 p.m. ET on Sept. 27, 2019.
This year’s contest will feature a total of 12 challenges covering a
variety of architectures from x86 on Windows, .NET, Linux, and
Android. Also, for the first time in Flare-On history, the contest
will feature a NES ROM challenge. This is one of the only
Windows-centric CTF contests out there and we have crafted it to
represent the skills and challenges our FLARE team faces.
If you are skilled and dedicated enough to complete the Sixth
Flare-On challenge, you will receive a prize and recognition on the
Flare-On website for your accomplishment. Prize details will be
revealed later, but as always, it will be worthwhile swag to earn the
envy of your peers. Previous prizes included belt buckles, a replica
police badge, a challenge coin, and a huge pin.
Check the Flare-On website for a
live countdown timer, to view the previous year’s winners, and to
download past challenges and solutions for practice. For official news
and information, we will be using the Twitter hashtag: #flareon6
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Announcing the Sixth Annual Flare-On Challenge
