Capture-the-flag competitions are a popular educational tool for cybersecurity. We designed and implemented a web interface for a beginner-friendly capture-the-flag (CTF) to encourage participation in the cybersecurity program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The competition centers around a physical claw machine, where successfully solving challenges earns you a chance to use the claw and win a prize. We adapted an existing open-source CTF website to better fit our needs, incorporating new colors, theming, and functionality to create an exciting competition platform for students of all experience levels.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Last modified

• 2023-01-13

Creator

• Clark, Charlotte

Subject

• Learning
• Project-Based Learning
• Computing
• Security
• Innovation
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 82621
• E-project-121322-101229

Keyword

• Cybersecurity
• Claw Machine
• Capture the Flag
• Web Development
• User Experience Design

Advisor

• Fichera, Loris
• Walls, Robert Joseph

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2022-12-13

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Source

• E-project-121322-101229

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved