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UNG Goldrush Guantlet 2026
2 challenges with 3 published solutions between them. The writeups for this event were found in public repositories. Each link is pinned to the commit it was read from.
Where these writeups liveCryptography1
Recover a plaintext or a key from something that was supposed to protect it. In practice: identify the scheme, find the parameter the author got wrong, exploit it.
Solve it with:Cipher identifier and automatic decoderVigenere cipher solver with automatic key recoveryRSA decryption and attack runnerWiener’s attack on small RSA private exponentsIn-browser hash cracker with rule transformsLearn: Classical ciphers and frequency analysisLearn: RSA and the parameters that break it
Shorthanded
1 official solutionAlso written up in: jackmisbach/ctf-writeups
Forensics1
Recover something from a file, a capture, or a disk image - often from a part of it the format says is unused.
Solve it with:File type identifier by magic bytesMagic byte and file signature tablePCAP analyzer for CTF network forensicsEXIF metadata viewerLearn: File forensics and carvingLearn: Network forensics
Undercomplicated
2 official solutionsAlso written up in: jackmisbach/ctf-writeups, jackmisbach/ctf-writeups