InfoSecIITR

Four teams from InfoSecIITR 2nd year, "gingers", "chatpata vada paav", "daalbaatichurma", and "HastiToWohThi' - secured ranks 1, 2, 3, and 6 at the IITB TrustLab CTF 2025 organized by @IITBTrustLab, collectively winning a total prize of ₹2.25 lakhs.

🎉 A massive thank you to every participant who made BackdoorCTF 2025 an incredible event. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our sponsors for supporting BackdoorCTF 2025 and helping us bring this edition to life. Binary Ninja (@vector35) @CloudDefenseAI @crustdata Dataflow Security (@dfsec_com) @ret2systems @zellic_io @offsectraining @hackthebox_eu @AlteredSecurity @parrot_ctfs @cyb3rw4v3 @googlecloud 🌍 Top Teams – Open Division 🥇 @Infobahn_ctf 🥈 @smiley_ctf 🥉 @0rganizers 🏅 @SquidProxyLover 🏅 @TheRomanXpl0it 🏅 @l3akctf @thehackerscrew1 @0xL4ugh @_PwnSec_ @FlatNetworkOrg 🥳 Top Teams – IITR Division 🥇 Targaryens 🥈 Alibaba ke 04 chor 🥉 Intaarnal Pointer Variable Thank you once again to our amazing participants, sponsors, and the BackdoorCTF community. See you all in the next edition!🚀

We are glad to announce @AlteredSecurity as our Silver Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Altered Security is a specialized cybersecurity training organization delivering high-impact courses in Active Directory security, adversary simulation, and penetration testing. They are well-known for DopSec, Pentester Academy’s legacy, and world-class red-team focused training programs trusted globally. For more information, visit: alteredsecurity.com

Platinum Sponsor Reveal: Dataflow Security @dfsec_com sponsors #BackdoorCTF2025! Dataflow Security is home to a world-class R&D team, composed of elite researchers who excel at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in popular operating systems, browsers, and applications. Proud to have them on board! To view their available positions, visit: dfsec.com/careers @InfoSecIITR #dfsec #BackdoorCTFCommunity

We are glad to announce Cyberwave as our Silver Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Cyberwave is a dedicated cybersecurity training and CTF platform offering hands-on labs, vulnerable machines, real-world hacking challenges, and full learning paths for both beginners and advanced learners. Through interactive lessons, CTF competitions, and simulated corporate security environments, Cyberwave helps students and professionals sharpen their offensive and defensive security skills in a practical, immersive way. For more information, visit: training.cyberwave.network

We are glad to announce @offsectraining as our Gold Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. OffSec is the global leader in practical cybersecurity training and certifications. With hands-on labs, industry-leading content, and certifications like OSCP, OSWE, and OSEP, OffSec empowers learners to build real-world offensive security skills through its “Try Harder” philosophy and immersive learning platform. For more information, visit: offsec.com

We are glad to announce @hackthebox_eu as our Gold Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Hack The Box is one of the world’s most popular cybersecurity learning platforms, offering labs, machines, challenges, and career-focused training for both individuals and enterprises. With gamified, hands-on cybersecurity content, HTB enables learners of all levels to build and master offensive and defensive security skills. For more information, visit: hackthebox.com

We are glad to announce @googlecloud as our Infrastructure Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Google Cloud provides world-class cloud infrastructure, compute resources, and developer tooling trusted by enterprises, startups, and research teams worldwide. Their scalable, secure cloud environment enables high-performance workloads, powering this year’s BackdoorCTF platform and infrastructure. For more information, visit: cloud.google.com

We are glad to announce @ret2systems as our Platinum Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. RET2 Systems is a leading cybersecurity research and development company known for its groundbreaking work in exploit development, offensive tooling, and advanced vulnerability research. Their expertise spans low-level security, reverse engineering, and high-impact security engineering trusted by organizations worldwide. For more information, visit: ret2.io

We are glad to announce Binary Ninja (@vector35 ) as our Platinum Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Binary Ninja is a powerful reverse engineering platform designed for efficiency, extensibility, and precision. Built for both researchers and professionals, it offers interactive disassembly, advanced decompilation, and customizable Python APIs that make vulnerability analysis and malware research more productive than ever. With Binary Ninja, reverse engineering becomes intuitive, insightful, and smarter. For more information, visit: binary.ninja

We are glad to announce @CloudDefenseAI as our Platinum Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. CloudDefense.AI is an end-to-end cloud security platform that helps enterprises secure their cloud infrastructure, applications, APIs, and workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and more. With real-time threat detection, posture management, compliance automation, and risk remediation, CloudDefense.AI empowers organizations to stay one step ahead of cyber threats, all through a unified and scalable platform. For more information, visit: clouddefense.ai

We are glad to announce @zellic_io as our Platinum Sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Zellic is a leading cybersecurity firm specializing in blockchain security, cryptography, and smart contract auditing. Backed by deep protocol expertise and advanced vulnerability research, Zellic helps secure some of the world’s most high-impact Web3 applications and infrastructure. Their expert team delivers rigorous audits, threat modeling, and high-performance security research trusted globally. For more information, visit: zellic.io

We are glad to announce @crustdata as our platinum sponsor for BackdoorCTF 2025. Crustdata is a real-time B2B data provider purpose-built for AI agents. Unlike legacy data providers that were built for humans with monthly updates, clunky schemas and low throughput APIs, Crustdata offers multi-source, real-time, API-first access to company and people data. For more information visit: crustdata.com

Introducing our new Beginner Category to help first-time CTF players get started! 🚀 📌 Register: backdoor.infoseciitr.in 🗓 Dec 6, 2025 🕛 12:00 UTC / 5:30 PM IST ⏳ 48 hours 🌐 Online

InfoSecIITR is thrilled to announce its annual Capture The Flag competition, BackdoorCTF 2025, starting on Dec 6th, 2025. This year promises to be our biggest yet, with an impressive prize pool exceeding $11000+, featuring exciting rewards for top-performing teams worldwide. 🏆💰

We would like to thank everyone for participating and congratulate the winners. Also, a great thanks to all the sponsors @zellic_io, @CloudDefenseAI, @googlecloud, @IITBTrustLab, and @trailofbits who helped us make this event possible.

We are glad to announce @trailofbits as our silver Sponsor. ToB - Since 2012, Trail of Bits has helped secure some of the world’s most targeted organizations and products. We combine high-end security research with a real-world attacker mentality to reduce risk and fortify code.

We proudly announce @GoogleCloudTech as our infra sponsor Meet your business challenges head on with cloud computing services from Google, including data management, hybrid & multi-cloud, and AI & ML.