{"id":920,"date":"2010-08-05T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-new.brucon.org\/2018\/2010\/08\/05\/win-a-prize-a-hex-factor-sample-challenge\/"},"modified":"2010-08-05T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T10:39:00","slug":"win-a-prize-a-hex-factor-sample-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.brucon.org\/2023\/2010\/08\/05\/win-a-prize-a-hex-factor-sample-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a prize: a Hex Factor sample challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showing you a little more of what you can do or see during 24 &amp; 25 September. The Hex Factor will be a challenge where people are introduced to  the world of security in all its different aspects, or where experienced  professionals can improve their current skill set. It is not only a contest for the most elite hacker(s), the challenges are broad and  meant to be fun for everyone. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/2010.brucon.org\/index.php\/Challenge\">BruCON wiki<\/a> to see more details about this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>There will be prices for the winners, starting from Tshirts up to some cool hardware prices. More updates on this in the coming weeks. But you can already win a small price now. Below is a sample challenge that will give you the following price:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10% discount on a BruCON conference ticket<\/li>\n<li>10% discount on the course: <a href=\"http:\/\/2010.brucon.org\/index.php\/Training#Training_.234:_Assessing_and_Exploiting_Web_Applications_with_Samurai-WTF\"><span>Assessing and Exploiting Web Applications with  Samurai-WTF<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>a free BruCON Tshirt<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>an invitation to the BruCON afterparty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The challenge will be open till Monday 9th of August 10:00 (GMT+1).<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for a location in Brussels. The picture on this  page contains all the  information needed for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2010.brucon.org\/images\/sense_vader.gif\"><img style=\"cursor: pointer;width: 500px;height: 625px\" src=\"http:\/\/2010.brucon.org\/images\/sense_vader.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a) what is the location we are looking for ?<br \/>b) which famous statue can be found in the  vicinity of this location ?<br \/>c)  how was the &#8220;secret&#8221; information hidden in the picture on this website ?<br \/>d) how did you find the location we were  looking for ?<br \/>*  bonus :<br \/>e) give at least 4 websites  that host the file which contained the location ? (more is better)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt\"><span><span style=\"font-size:100%\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Send your answers to: contest @ brucon.org<\/p>\n<p>Want to try more? Come play the first edition of the 2010 Hex Factor Challenge in Brussels on 24 &amp; 25 September.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the team can be found on their homepage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehexfactor.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thehexfactor.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">http:\/\/www.thehexfactor.org<\/a>  and for the latest developments\/solutions of last year, see their blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thehexfactor.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/blog.thehexfactor.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/blog.thehexfactor.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showing you a little more of what you can do or see during 24 &amp; 25 September. The Hex Factor will be a challenge where people are introduced to the world of security in all its different aspects, or where experienced professionals can improve their current skill set. It is not only a contest for the most elite hacker(s), the challenges are broad and meant to be fun for everyone. 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