The race is starting off slowly.  Check out the score board at

https://scoreboard.wctf.ninja/

AND WE'RE OFF!!!!

DEFCON 24 

WCTF In-brief starting in in Skyview 1

Indigo Tower 

LAND HO!!!

There are only few short weeks until DEF CON 24.  Wireless Village has raised the Jolly Roger and is preparing for the attack of a lifetime.

But, before that lets here a few words from our schedule......(click here)

We know there is a shit ton of stuff to do at DEF CON but believe me, its not nearly as awesome as whats happening at Wireless Village.......

• Wireless CTF:  Great Fun, Great People, Great Hacks and Great Prizes compliments of our AMAZING sponsors!

• Speakers, speakers, speakers:  We have an awesome line-up of speakers this year.  If your a noob or elite, there is always something new to learn.

• Ham Radio Exams:  Once again, dc408 is hosting the on site ham radio license exams, right next door to the Wireless Village.  This is a great time to take your test and level up or join the ranks of amateur radio operators.  Start studying!!!

Six days off the Cuban coast

When a sail ahead they spied

A galleon of the treasure fleet

The mizzen lookout cried

Closer to the wind my boys

The mad eyed captain roared

For every man that's alive tonight

Will be hauling gold aboard

Dear Mom. I know you said I'm not to consort with my hacker friends.......

All Hackers!  All Signal Snoops!

The Wireless Village CTF is calling you!

The staff is using RF against you!

So what are you going to do about it, hacker?!

Just sit there?  Of course not!

You're going to come to Wireless Village CTF.

Come forge your own imperial documents.

REBEL!

What will you become?!

  DefCon 24

08/04-08/07

26th Floor:  Indigo Tower

(And holy shit! Berlin and Information Society at the DefCon Saturday party? Hells yeah!)

Come spend quality time with the wireless village team. 

We fully support DWI.......Demodulating While Intoxicating.

  

Prizes!

Did I mention prizes for the winners?  Awesome gear from some of our amazing sponsors at Hak5 and Great Scott Gadgets, just to name a few. 

Countdown to DefCon : 65 and counting

Ok folks only 65 Days till DefCon 2016.

Join the Village as we are

Our next conference is:

DEF CON 24

Skyview 1, 26th Floor, Indigo Tower

Calling all presenters!!!! 

CFP is now open.   If you are interested in providing a presentation at this years DefCon WiFi Village we'd love to here about it.  Submit your application here.

Viva Las Baltimore and Vegas!

Shall we play a game??

24

Will all our wifi belong to you?

Will we see you at DefCon?

Can't wait?

Then come to BSides Charm 

Baltimore, MD

This weekend!

Come practice your skilz for DC24

Follow the BSides Charm CTF on twitter and here on the blog

Follow us on twitter: @WiFi_Village

ShmooCon 2016 Update

So long and thanks for all the Swedish fish!

Every January brings with it a new year, cold air and ShmooCon!!  This January was no different, with the exception of the cold.  Climate strange gave us down right unseasonably warn weather for the Con.  It also brought the 6^th session of the Wireless CTF brought to you by Wireless Village, and the flu for Tara.

WCTF had most of the usual suspects at the helm, Zero Chaos, Rick, Red Baron, Terrible, Marauder and the n00b (village idiot) who’s writing this, Antimatter.

For first time visitors to the page, WCTF is a great opportunity for both the beginner and the expert signals analyst.  There are no costs beyond your Con ticket to play and you can get started with some very basic equipment, much of it below $100.  Check our sdr.ninja and rtl-sdr.com for more info and for equipment and vendor lists.  Remember, everyone in the Wireless Village loves to teach.

ShmooCon 2016 WCTF 1

WCTF Shmoo 2016 had 15 teams.  Those plus individual players made for a whooping 25 players.  Not the best turn out of all times but strong for Shmoo.  First prize despite the handicap of Crypt0s went to Crimson Agents who walked away with a $250 gift card to Microcenter and Team Jack Tenna in 2^nd place with a $50 Microcenter gift card bounty.  Well done to the winners.

Starting on day 0001 the Wireless Village Elders provided some guidance to the new contenders and RF baselines for all to calibrate their gear.  Through out the day, we saw a huge surge in points from Crimson Agents, but the point gods where not benevolent.  Punishment erupted from below like the anger of the mighty god Anubis.  Let’s just say they didn’t return the next day with the same point level. Mid afternoon Rick took the contestants through a little Spot the Spike drinking game.  Fun was had by all and beer for those who wanted.  After that, the challenges grew harder as the day clicked on. 

Day 0010 brought an interesting tactic from JoshinGeneral.  Deploying an old web page from previous WCTs he delayed and distracted his opponents sending them on a wild goose chase for flags that didn’t exist.  Finally someone played an offensive card!!! Well-played JoshinGeneral!!!  Extra points were awarded for this stratergery.

Question:  Do Swedish fish thrown at Zero help your score?  Probably not!  Crimson Agents to a bit of a beating in penalty points. 

As for day 0011; Fuck it!  I wasn’t there so nothing cool must have happened, except the out-brief and awards.   I understand the team Jack Tenna were running about quite crazy looking for the fox. 

One a final note for WCTF ShmooCon 2016.  Where would we be without our great Sponsors?  Special thanks to Great Scott Gadgets, piachievers, and Aruba Networks.

So what’s all this about Beginnings and Ends?????

This years Shmoo marked the end of the current CTF challenges, but, beginning at BSides Charm, WCTF will introduce new challenges; challenges being delivered by the new WCTF suitcase. 

This was a long time in the works by the village team.  It also means the retirement of the classic football case, which has traveled to all the previous WCTFs.