CSCTF 2026
Total Warfare
In the battlefield of cyberspace, only the prepared survive.
The Theme
What Total Warfare Means
A modern conflict doesn't stay on a battlefield. It reaches the systems civilian life depends on: power grids, telecommunications, hospitals, financial networks, defense infrastructure, transport.
The 2026 challenges are built around realistic situations from those sectors, developed with practitioners from each industry.
Sectors
Targeted Infrastructure
- Power & Energy: industrial control systems, SCADA, grid management
- Telecommunications: network infrastructure, protocols, interception
- Healthcare: medical systems, patient data, clinical devices
- Financial Infrastructure: payment systems, banking protocols
- Defense Networks: secure communications, authentication, classified data
- Transport: logistics, fleet management, infrastructure control
Technical Areas
Challenge Categories
~40 challenges planned for 2026.
Web
Web Security
Crypto
Cryptography
RE
Reverse Engineering
Forensics
Forensics
OSINT
OSINT
Pwn
Binary Exploitation
Linux
Linux
Windows
Windows
Misc
Miscellaneous
? Surprise Categories: announced at competition start.