CTF (Capture The Flag)
A legal competition built around finding planted security flaws in purpose-built systems.
Learn it through a story
- The Bug Bounty Bet (Cybersecurity for Juniors 2, Ch 4)
Related terms
- Credential reuse Using the same password on more than one account.
- Credential rotation Replacing a leaked key or password with a fresh one, rather than only hiding the old one.
- Credential stuffing Automatically trying leaked email-password pairs from one breach against many other sites.
- CVSS Common Vulnerability Scoring System, a standard way of rating vulnerability severity.
- Cyber hygiene The everyday habits that keep you safer online, the way regular habits keep you healthy offline.
- Cybercrime helpline (1930) / cybercrime.gov.in India's official channels for reporting online fraud, including fake job offers.