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To celebrate hitting 20,000 members on our Discord server, we’re bringing back the heat after the success of CTF10K! A brand-new challenge awaits, crafted especially for the occasion — time to fire up those brain cells once again!

⏰ Date: May 10, 10:00 CEST – May 11, 23:59 CEST

📍 Online

On the menu:
🚩 Challenges in: Pwn, Reverse, Crypto, Web, Misc, Web3 — and a few spicy surprises 👀

💻 Solo CTF — whether you’re a beginner or a pro, this one’s for you!

🏆 Prizes for the top players – and eternal bragging rights 💪

🎁 And maybe a few surprise goodies up for grabs…

🔗 Info & registration: https://ctf20k.root-me.org

🚀 Ready to celebrate the 20K in style?

Our Expert sponsor the Ecole 2600 never stops! 💥
The day after the PwnMe CTF Grand Final, it’s time for the Junior Edition, organised by the Phreaks 2600 association!

📌 A CTF event specially designed for high school and university students up to Bac+2, beginners or enthusiasts, curious or competitors: there’s a place for everyone.

Join us on 13 April 2025, from 10am to 5pm, on the École 2600 campus :
🧩 Web | Crypto | Forensics | Reverse | Pwn | Programming | OSINT
📈 Challenges to suit all levels: whether you’re a novice or already an enthusiast
👥 Competition in teams of 3 (you can register solo or in pairs: you will then be grouped together to form complete teams)

⚠️ Places are limited! Don’t delay in registering :
🔗 registrations

💬 Need more info, want to meet other participants or ask your questions?
Join the event Discord: https://discord.com/invite/9K33exqAG5

More info here: https://pwnme.fr/junior

We told you: the Midnight Flag CTF is back for its 5th edition, entitled INSURRECTION... and registrations are now open!

➡️https://ctf.midnightflag.fr

Organized by students from ESNA de Bretagne, this free event is open to all cybersecurity enthusiasts, beginners and experienced alike.
On the agenda: a variety of challenges, a unique atmosphere, a final in Rennes on June 21st, and some great prizes!

📆 Join for the online qualifiers on 12 and 13 April.

The top 25 teams will go on to compete in the live final, as part of the brand new Tokdu event (www.tokdu.fr).

🔗 Info and registration → https://midnightflag.fr
💬 Join the community on Discord → https://discord.com/invite/wNm9bEYr37

‘Flag to the future! 🏴’

Root-Me PRO is renewing its commitment as Silver Sponsor of the Toulouse Hacking Convention, a not-to-be-missed event.

As they have done every year for the past 8 years, the Toulouse-based members of the Team will be there, with the renewed pleasure of exchanging ideas with all the enthusiasts present, representatives of the cyber ecosystem in the Occitanie region and well beyond.

The line-up for this 9th edition:
- 10 April from 6pm: Social event, the perfect opportunity to chat with the community
- 10 and 11 April: Expert conferences, featuring Mathias Payer, Romain Cayre and Damien Cauquil - on the agenda: Kubernetes supply chain, Android security and much more 👉 https://thcon.party/program/
- 12 April: The much-anticipated Capture The Flag will bring the event to a close. Participation on site (ENSEEIHT, Toulouse) or remotely. 🚩

💡 In the meantime, the pre-challenges are online to warm you up before the big day: https://thcon.party/prechallenge/

See you there!👉 https://thcon.party/

You’ll soon be able to put your skills to the test in a challenge designed by the Root-Me PRO team for DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.

Attached to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, the main missions of our national secret service are to :
– Act and protect our country against external threats;
– Promote national interests and preserve our sovereignty.

DGSE is stepping up its recruitment in cyber security, and is looking for new talent to identify, prevent and counter rising threats.

❓Why take up this challenge?
– It will give you an insight into the defensive and offensive operational missions specific to DGSE ;
– It’s a fantastic opportunity to set yourself apart and, potentially, take your first steps towards starting a career as an officer or non-commissioned officer in intelligence.

What you need to know to prepare:
📅 Launch date: 07/04/2025
⏳ Duration of the challenge: until 07/05/2025
🎯 Type of challenge: realistic
📈 Difficulty: easy to intermediate level

🔓 No registration is necessary, but if you’re currently looking for a new opportunity and have completed a bac+2 or bac+5, grab your chance!

Stay tuned! We’ll be giving you more useful information very soon here:
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/rootme
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/root-me-pro/

You know that a crackme can be full of surprises—every detail counts?You love diving into binaries and uncovering their secrets?Breaking a keygen is your kind of fun?

To summarise: new cracking challenges are waiting for you!

Thanks to authors Dvorhack, Elf, Vozec, Redouane and Vozec for their contributions 👏 !

• Basic ? crackme
• Premium EVM - Bytecode
• Premium PE DotNet - Memory Protect
• Premium PE32+ - KeygenMe

Enjoy! 🚩

The event is organized by the CTF association of our Expert sponsor L’Ecole 2600: Phreaks 2600.
This great team is not content with just regularly topping the podium in numerous competitions, it is also keen to organize this annual event to bring together cybersecurity enthusiasts, beginners and experts alike.

Qualifying for the 3rd PwnMe CTF starts tomorrow!

Steps and key information to make sure you don’t miss a thing:
✅ Online qualifiers: From Friday 28 February 2025 at 20:00 (UTC+1) to Sunday 2 March 2025 at 18:00 (UTC+1)
– No team size limit
– Categories: Pwn, Reverse, Crypto, Web and Misc.

The 16 best teams (8 students + 8 professionals) will meet for a full CTF day to which only the best will be admitted!

✅ On-site final: 12 April 2025 (Campus École 2600)
– Teams of 4 | Open to students and professionals
– Categories: Pwn, Reverse, Crypto, Web, Misc and Hardware.
– Lots of prizes up for grabs: for the finalists and for the best writeup in the qualifying round.

Register now!: https://pwnme.phreaks.fr/

Join Discord: https://discord.gg/9K33exqAG5

Following on from last September’s challenge for Commandement de la Cyberdéfense COMCYBER and the French Army, we are delighted to announce the imminent launch of a new COMCYBER challenge for the French Navy.    

⚓️ The French Navy is:
– 42,000 sailors, both civilian and military;
– Essential missions in the fight against terrorism, piracy and armed conflict;
– A cyber-defence sector with a wide range of job opportunities, from cyber-analysts to cyber-defence specialists and information systems security experts;
– But also: the opportunity to explore far-flung destinations, a particularly rich and stimulating professional life.

❓Why take up this challenge?
– It will give you an insight into the Navy’s cyber defence missions;
– It could be the first step towards a career as a naval officer and joining the Maistrance School;
– Because we enjoyed designing it and hope you’ll enjoy solving it too 😉

What you need to know to prepare:
📅 Launch date: 03/03/2025
⏳ Challenge duration: until 31/03/2025
🎯 Challenge type: realistic
📈 Difficulty: easy to intermediate level

🔓 No registration is necessary, but if you’re currently looking for a new opportunity and have completed a bac+2, grab your chance!

Stay tuned! We’ll be bringing you more useful information very soon:
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/rootme
Twitter : https://x.com/rootme_org

Root-Me PRO has become an industrial partner of PolyCyber, from Polytechnique Montréal.
In 2025, they will have access to a challenging environment that will enable them to develop their skills and prepare for certain competitions.

To find out more: https://polycyber.io/

Next up: their PolyPwn CTF on 29 March 2025. We wish them all the best for this new edition -> https://pwn.polycyber.io/

Root-Me PRO is a partner Diamond💎of DCI, Délégation des compétitions en informatique de l’ETS, École de technologie supérieure de Montréal.

For one year, they will have access to a dedicated environment to develop their expertise and prepare for the competitions.

For more information: https://dciets.com

This year promises to be full of events: Northsec, HackFest, UnitedCTF, etc.
We can’t wait to see how they perform at the next CTFs!