EYCC CTF 2026

Beginner-FriendlyNationalEgyptJeopardyStudentsGrades 7–13

Official challenges and writeups for EYCC CTF 2026 — Egypt's national cybersecurity competition for students, organized in partnership with Hack Club of STEM Egypt and authored by Mont5ab El2hwa.

Egypt’s first cybersecurity competition created specifically for high school students returned for its highly anticipated Final Round. After proving themselves in the EYCC 2026 Qualifiers, 15 outstanding teams featuring 55 rising young hackers earned their place at the finals to compete, showcase their skills, connect with fellow talents, and take another step toward becoming Egypt’s future cybersecurity leaders.

Qualifiers (48h): July 24–26, 2026Finals (9h): August 13, 2026

Organized with Hack Club - STEM EG

View Authored Challenges CTFtime EYCC Server Hack Club - STEM EG

Challenge Distribution by Domain

51authored

Web(24%)
12
Reverse(20%)
10
Crypto(14%)
7
Forensics(10%)
5
Mobile(10%)
5
OSINT(10%)
5
Misc(8%)
4
Pwn(6%)
3

What Mont5ab El2hwa handled

Authoring every challenge from scratch across 8 categories (Web, Reverse, Pwn, Crypto, Forensics, OSINT, Mobile, and Misc)

Designing custom vulnerabilities, multi-step exploit chains, and verifying every solve path before launch

Publishing full writeups, source code, and step-by-step solutions to help players learn and level up

Handling live challenge hosting, infrastructure, and technical support across both qualifiers and the on-site finals

35+

Teams

~300

Players

Event Gallery

Mont5ab El2hwa challenge authors and organizing committee on stage during the EYCC 2026 Grand Finals at Nile University

EYCC 2026 Grand Finals group photo featuring all 55 high school student finalists across 15 teams and Mont5ab El2hwa challenge authors outside Dr. Tarek Khalil Building

Authored Challenges & Writeups

Full source code, task files, and infrastructure for our authored challenges are available in the GitHub Repository.

Mall Albostan

Mall Albostan, Downtown Cairo's go-to spot for laptops, GPUs, and everything in between...

WebRead Writeup

Brew Bank

Welcome to Brew Bank. Do not bruteforce. Think like a hacker, not a bot.

WebRead Writeup

Brew Bank Revenge

Welcome to Brew Bank Again. Do not bruteforce...

WebRead Writeup

NimbusPages

try harder

WebChallenge Only

Krusty Krab Order Boards

Mr. Krabs finally put the Krusty Krab order boards online, and SpongeBob finally admitted what he really wants: the Krabby Patty secret formula. It is filed at `/verysecretrecipe`, and the fry cook account you can sign up for is not getting in there. Mr. Krabs is, though. He reads every link dropped in the complaint box himself, from his own logged-in browser. Get the formula out of the manager's session.

WebChallenge Only