Frequently Asked Questions

Our platform caters to all skill levels—from absolute beginners taking their first steps in cybersecurity to seasoned professionals looking for expert-level exploitation challenges.

Challenges are categorized into disciplines like Web Exploitation, Cryptography, Reverse Engineering, and Binary Exploitation. When you launch a target, our engine spins up an isolated Docker container exclusively for you to attack and extract the hidden flags.

Yes. Every target is launched in a fully sandboxed, isolated environment. However, targeting the main platform infrastructure or other users is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban.

Points are awarded based on the difficulty of the challenge. Our dynamic scoring system may reduce the point value of a challenge as more hackers solve it. Time taken to solve a challenge serves as a tie-breaker on the leaderboard.

If you are stuck on a challenge, you can purchase hints using your current points. Keep in mind that using hints will reduce the final points you gain when you successfully capture the flag.

We appreciate responsible disclosure! If you find a security vulnerability in the main SKYBER CTF platform (outside of the dedicated challenge machines), please report it to our administration. Do not exploit it further.