PhoenixCTF_Writeup

Had a blast at the PhoenixCTF and learned some valuable lessons from it.

Ayyyyyy, made it in the top 20!

Some takeaways from scoreboard leaders:

1. Failure is part of the game (all top 3 teams had 30+ fails)
2. Go for the easy/numerous stuff first
3. Work with a team, you can do it individually, but it’s a harder hill to climb

Personal Takeaways

• I like the challenge of Reversing
• Have a VM setup with the tools you want/need and be prepared to revert it
• Document your challenges, and do regular backups of the documentation that you have

Tools I want to get better with:

• Radare2
• Ghidra
• GDB