📌About the Event

VOID CTF 2026 is a national-level Capture The Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition for college students, organized by the KIET Cyber Security Center of Excellence in collaboration with VOID Society at KIET Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad. The competition is designed to move beyond conventional online CTFs: participants begin with a 24-hour online Jeopardy-style qualifier before the top teams advance to an offline Attack-Defense finale on a physical cyber range. Challenges cover areas such as web security, networking, cryptography, reverse engineering, forensics, systems, Active Directory exploitation, OS exploitation, and network penetration testing.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Type: National-Level Cybersecurity / Capture The Flag Competition
• Target Audience: College students interested in cybersecurity, ethical hacking and information security. LinkedIn
• Competition Structure: Two rounds — Online Qualifier followed by an Offline Grand Finale. CTFtime
• Round 1 – Online Qualifier:- Conducted completely online.
• Duration: 24 hours.
• Format: Jeopardy-style CTF.
• Challenge areas include:
• Web Security & Networking
• Cryptography
• Reverse Engineering
• Forensics
• Systems & Applications

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📅 Important Dates

• Registrations: Open as of 6 October 2026. LinkedIn
• Online Qualifier: 24–25 October 2026.
• Qualifier Duration: 24 hours.
• Offline Grand Finale: 29–30 November 2026.
• Finale Venue: KIET Deemed to be University, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• The competition is specifically announced for college students.
• Participation is team-based.
• The currently available announcement does not specify restrictions regarding year of study, academic branch or institution type.
• An exact minimum/maximum team size has not yet been publicly specified in the sources checked.
• Qualifier Rules & Format:
• Round 1 follows a Jeopardy-style CTF format.
• Teams solve cybersecurity challenges from different technical categories.
• Participants earn scores by successfully solving CTF challenges.
• Performance on the online leaderboard determines qualification.
• The 15 highest-performing teams progress to the offline finale.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• The event currently lists:- Community Partner: Hackitise Labs
• Domain Partner: .XYZ
• Certification Partner: APISec University CTFtime
• Participants get an opportunity to test practical cybersecurity skills in a national-level competitive environment.
• The top 15 teams receive the opportunity to compete in the offline physical cyber-range finale.