This really makes me miss the Stripe CTFs. I'm guessing Google's are aimed more at top security people working together as a team, not to teach ordinary programmers how a buffer overflow acts. I usually got about 80% of the way to a T-shirt in Stripe's.
Hey all, I see a lot of comments asking about getting into CTFs. Trail of Bits has an awesome field guide [1] that I learned a ton from - check it out!<p>1. <a href="https://trailofbits.github.io/ctf/" rel="nofollow">https://trailofbits.github.io/ctf/</a>
I've never heard of Capture the Flag. Can someone a bit more familiar describe what the format is exactly, or what type of questions / challenges there are? Any examples from last year's competition?
This seems quite interesting, but as a college student I have no doubt this will be outside my skill level. Any suggestions on similar, but easier CTF and similar events?