Network security competition is called CTF competition for short, and its full name is CaptureTheFlag. Its English name can be literally translated as "Win Flag" or freely translated as "Win Flag".
CTF originated from 1996 DEFCON Global Hacking Conference, which replaced the previous way that hackers competed for technology by launching real attacks on each other. Now it has become a popular competition form in the global network security circle. The general process is as follows: The participating teams take the lead in obtaining a string of characters or other contents with a certain format from the competition environment given by the organizer through the forms of offensive and defensive confrontation and program analysis, and submit them to the organizer to win points.
Tips for network security protection
1. Don't click on links of unknown origin or search irregular websites on your mobile phone or computer. Be vigilant when you need to enter personal privacy information such as ID number, mobile phone number and bank account number.
2. Try not to use the same account and password, and modify the password regularly to increase the complexity of the password; Don't directly use numbers related to personal information such as birthday, telephone number and ID number as passwords, appropriately increase the length of passwords and change them frequently.
3. When registering an account on the network platform, you should pay attention to the credibility of the platform, set a good password, and encrypt personal privacy information to avoid being stolen.
4. Make security settings for personal mobile phones and computers, install anti-virus software, conduct anti-virus management at ordinary times, do not visit phishing websites, pay attention to finding reliable websites to repair when maintaining, and do a good job in privacy protection.
5. When providing a copy of your ID card, please indicate "This copy is only for XX's use, and other uses are invalid" and the date in the area containing identity information, and empty the copier cache in time after copying.
6. When using social software such as Weibo, QQ Space, Post Bar and Forum. It is necessary to avoid exposing or labeling real identity information as much as possible to prevent criminals from stealing personal information.
7. When taking photos in a circle of friends, don't take photos containing personal information. If you want to take photos related to personal information such as name, ID number and QR code, blur them before sending them.
8. Do not handle personal sensitive information in the public network environment, and do not access open WIFI at will.
9. Don't register real-name authentication on unknown websites or apps at will. When registering to use a website or app, you need to check whether there is a privacy policy or user agreement. , and check the corresponding content to ensure that your rights and interests are protected accordingly and prevent the overlord clause.
10, don't scan the QR code casually, and don't receive files of unknown origin casually.