NeoQUEST-2014: registration is declared open


    Hello, Habr! Surely, the vibrant and dynamic Olympics taking place in Sochi ignited the spirit of competition in many of you, a thirst for victory and a desire to somehow prove yourself. We offer a "computer" option, namely - the next stage of the annual hacker competition NeoQUEST-2014! The NeoQUEST-2014 online tour starts on February 24, and registration for it is open here .

    Like last year, the best participants of the online tour will go on a face-to-face tour, a victory in which will bring the best of the best a trip to one of the international hacker conferences of the participant’s choice! Last year’s NeoQUEST winner, AVictor, who chose a trip to Amsterdam for the RSA conference , had a great time there and, fortunately, didn’t experience all the “charm” of the hurricane “Saint Jude”returning alive, healthy and happy!

    About what awaits the participants of NeoQUEST-2014 - under the cut!

    That the coming year?


    NeoQUEST is a cybersecurity competition for individual participants. A little about the tasks for the past years in the articles of our blog (for example, here and here ). This year you will find a variety of tasks from many areas of cybersecurity. Some tasks are rooted in the theoretical aspects of cryptography, while others allow you to look at reverse engineering from an interesting perspective. We will not ignore the topic of network security and, of course, will have to sweat over the task of virtualization, which will “introduce” participants to the memory device in virtual machines. A special mystery to the tasks will be added by an unexpected history of the development of events ...

    The legend of the online tour NeoQUEST-2014 is shrouded in darkness, smells of “rubber” and beckons with light at the end of the tunnel. This, of course, is about the St. Petersburg metro. Now, if you had the opportunity to make a unique tour of the night metro of St. Petersburg, with the possibility of descent into the tunnel, would you use this opportunity? Firmly answered: “Yes!” they are waiting for the secrets of the St. Petersburg subway, dark tunnels that can lead to no one knows where, and silence, broken only by the sound of steps ...



    All tasks can be completed in any order, and, like last year, points for the completed task are awarded in accordance with the dynamic scale: what the more participants completed the task, the less points will be awarded for it, and vice versa. Also, the earlier the participant completed the task - the more points he gets!

    According to the results of the online tour, the best participants will meet each other in the one-day virtual battle of the NeoQUEST-2014 full-time tour, which will be held in St. Petersburg during the white nights! And everyone who wants to attend the full-time NeoQUEST-2014 (as well as last year) will be able not only to watch the “battle”, but also to take part in various cybersecurity contests, win funny prizes, so desired for everyone who can’t imagine themselves without a computer , as well as listen to reports covering the latest trends in information security, learn a lot, talk with colleagues and just have a good time!

    As always, especially distinguished participants and winners of the online tour, in addition to going on a full-time tour, there are gifts - small and large! In addition, successful participation in NeoQUEST is taken into account when entering postgraduate and graduate programs at the Cybersecurity Department of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. So we are waiting for inspired specialists who are determined to win!

    The next station is NeoQUEST!


    For all questions related to NeoQUEST, write to support@neoquest.ru. You can follow the quest and find out the latest news in our twitter'e and on the official website .
    There is very little left before the start, and ... "the next station is NeoQUEST"!


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