If you aren’t already aware, one of the events we have at BSidesROC is a crypto challenge. For the past few years, we’ve been fortunate enough to have @darthnull plan these out for us. Last year, we had a few teams of folks that spent the entire con working on just this (and the winners finished right at the end of the day!).
This year is no different – darthnull has got a great puzzle planned! It’s got the usual things:
- multiple levels, each building on the last
- interesting ciphers
- a fun story
- etc.
This year, it’s also got a twist that’s a little different: a “scavenger hunt” of sorts. The basics of it are:
- Hidden throughout the venue are going to be dead drops
- Each of these will contain clues for the puzzle.
- Players will need to find the dead drops – in the correct order – to be able to obtain the clues.
There’s a lot more to the whole thing – but we don’t want to give too much away beforehand. We’ll have details at the con, day of. However, we’re pretty excited about this – it should make the whole thing a lot more fun, and it has the added benefit of providing some amusement for the rest of the attendees, as they watch folks wander around the building trying to find the drops =)