Eligibility Criteria

• Each team consists of 4 members. All participants must be current students enrolled at universities or colleges across Vietnam, aged between 18 and 23, and hold Vietnamese nationality. The organizers will verify student registration information to ensure eligibility.
• Ensures fairness in team structure and eligibility, preventing large discrepancies in skills or experience.
• Violation will result in team disqualification.

Registration

• Participants must register via the official competition website and provide the following details:
  
  1. Team Information:
     
     • Team name
     • Team leader name
     • Team leader contact number
  2. Member Information (for each of the 4 members):
     
     • Full Name
     • University name
     • Student ID
     • Email
     • Nickname (display name) for each member
Note: The maximum number of members per team is 4. Teams are not allowed to change members during the course of the competition.

Competition Format

• Qualification Round (Online): Held online for 24 hours on August 23, 2025. Contestants will solve 15 challenges in 5 categories: web security, cryptography, reverse engineering, pwnable, and misc.
  Final Round (Onsite): Held onsite in Da Nang on September 20, 2025. Participants will solve 15 advanced challenges simulating real-world attack scenarios within 8 hours.
• Provides opportunities to test real-world skills through two competitive rounds.
• Failure to participate or violating rules in the qualifier will lead to disqualification from the final round.

Code of Conduct

• All participants must strictly adhere to the following rules:
  • No offensive, insulting, harassing, or threatening language or behavior toward any individual.
  • No posting, sharing, or distributing copyrighted, unethical, or illegal content.
  • Absolutely no tampering with or unauthorized interference in competition systems or resources.
  • No spamming, irrelevant advertising, or disruption of the competition community.
  • No political or religious discussions on the platform.
  The organizing committee reserves the right to suspend, disqualify, or deactivate accounts or teams violating these rules.
• Ensures a positive and fair competition environment and prevents negative behavior that may affect fairness and professionalism.
• Violations may result in a warning, disqualification, or a ban from future competitions.

Reporting Rules

• - Organizers will closely monitor team activities during the competition.
  - All bug or flag reports (if applicable) must be submitted within the designated time frame.
  - Report any cheating or dishonest behavior immediately.
• Ensures transparency and fairness in addressing violations and issues during the competition.
• Failure to report according to procedure may lead to point loss or disqualification.

Competition Rules

• Teams must complete challenges within the given time.
• Strictly prohibited from using cheating tools, hacking, or exploiting vulnerabilities for advantage.
• Absolutely no destructive actions towards the competition system, including but not limited to: DDoS attacks, unauthorized access to other participants’ accounts, disrupting the scoring system, or compromising data integrity.
• Ensures fair competition among teams and protects the competition system from destructive behavior.
• Rule violations may lead to disqualification, complete point loss, and possibly being banned from future events.

Scoring & Prize Structure

1. Scoring Method: Points for each challenge will be based on difficulty and completion level. More difficult challenges will earn more points. When a team captures a "flag," they will receive corresponding points. A detailed score table will be announced per round.
2. Team Ranking: Teams will be ranked based on total accumulated points. In case of a tie, tiebreaker criteria will be applied: - Completion Time: Teams with the fastest total completion time will be ranked higher.
3. Finalist Selection: Teams with the highest total accumulated scores will be considered for the final round. The ranking order is determined from highest to lowest based on each team’s total score. The Organizing Board will select up to two top-ranking teams from each university, based on the ranking board.Following this principle, the top 25 teams (after applying the limit of two teams per university) will be selected for the final round.

• Ensures fairness and transparency in scoring and awarding prizes.
• Rule violations may result in loss of prizes or removal from the leaderboard.

Prohibited Behaviors

• The following actions are strictly prohibited and may result in penalties:
  • Using any cheating software, hacking tools, or exploiting system vulnerabilities.
  • Harassing or disturbing other participants, including but not limited to: insulting, bullying, or intentionally disrupting the competition.
  • Tampering with or interfering in the competition system, including DDoS attacks, data manipulation, or unauthorized access to the scoring system.
• Ensures fairness and professionalism in the competition. Such negative behaviors affect all participants and the integrity of the competition.
• Violations may result in disqualification, point loss, and potentially being banned from future events.