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SUMMARY:Nullgrids Black Cipher 2k26
LOCATION:United Institute of Technology Coimbatore\, Coimbatore
DESCRIPTION:<p># NULLGRIDS BLACK CIPHER 2K26 – Cyber Warfare Championship
 <br />\n<br />\n**BLACK CIPHER 2K26** is a national-level\, onsite Attack-
 Defense Capture The Flag (CTF) competition organized by **NULLGRIDS** in c
 ollaboration with the Department of Cyber Security\, United Institute of T
 echnology\, Coimbatore.<br />\n<br />\nUnlike traditional jeopardy-style C
 TFs\, BLACK CIPHER places finalists in a live cyber warfare environment wh
 ere every team must simultaneously defend its own infrastructure while att
 acking other teams in real time.<br />\n<br />\n## Competition Format<br /
 >\n<br />\n### Day 1 – Preliminary Round<br />\n<br />\nParticipants sol
 ve challenges across multiple cybersecurity domains including:<br />\n<br 
 />\n* Web Security<br />\n* Cryptography<br />\n* Digital Forensics<br />\
 n* Reverse Engineering<br />\n* Binary Exploitation<br />\n* OSINT<br />\n
 * Steganography<br />\n* Miscellaneous<br />\n<br />\nThe top 15 teams qua
 lify for the Grand Finale.<br />\n<br />\n### Day 2 – Cyber Warfare Cham
 pionship<br />\n<br />\nThe finalists compete in a live Attack-Defense cyb
 er range where each team operates multiple vulnerable services. Teams earn
  points by capturing flags from opponents while maintaining the availabili
 ty of their own infrastructure.<br />\n<br />\nThe competition includes:<b
 r />\n<br />\n* Live esports-style scoreboard<br />\n* Continuous SLA moni
 toring<br />\n* Real-time flag validation<br />\n* Automated scoring<br />
 \n* Moderator-controlled cyber range<br />\n<br />\nBLACK CIPHER aims to p
 rovide students with practical experience in offensive security\, defensiv
 e operations\, incident response\, teamwork\, and strategic decision-makin
 g under pressure.<br />\n<br />\nVenue:<br />\nUnited Institute of Technol
 ogy<br />\nCoimbatore\, Tamil Nadu\, India<br />\n<br />\nPrize Pool:<br /
 >\n₹40\,000<br />\n<br />\nOrganized by:<br />\nNULLGRIDS<br />\n<br />\
 nHosted by:<br />\nDepartment of Cyber Security\, United Institute of Tech
 nology</p>
URL:https://www.knowafest.com/nullgrids-black-cipher-2k26
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