ClickBait

Overview

Hosted by Hackout, in partnership with the Romanian Police

This year, ClickBait goes from game to field work. You’ll step into the role of an investigator and work through realistic cases based on anonymised real-world incidents, helping the Romanian Police trace how attackers operated and who might be behind them.

Using OSINT, careful analysis, and a solid understanding of social engineering and phishing, you’ll follow the trail left by real threat actors: dissecting phishing campaigns, mapping the methods used to manipulate victims, connecting scattered clues, and building a picture of the people and infrastructure behind each case. Every lead you uncover sharpens your skills and shows how attackers exploit trust in the real world.

ClickBait is for security specialists, OSINT investigators, threat intelligence enthusiasts, and newcomers curious about how real cybercrime cases are investigated. Expect a challenge that’s engaging, realistic, and meaningful.

Goal

Goal of the Competition

Work through investigation challenges built on anonymised real cases. Analyse phishing artefacts, identify social engineering techniques, use OSINT to profile threat actors and their methods, and piece together the evidence behind each case.

Collect as many points as you can before time runs out!

Rules

Rules of Engagement

The judge is always right, and their decision is final.

All cases are anonymised. Stay within the provided material and the defined scope, and do not attempt to identify or contact real victims or individuals.

Creativity and investigative style are encouraged, with bonus points for originality.

Maximum team size = 1 player.

We don’t care how you reach the answer, as long as you can prove it.

DefCamp is NOT responsible if you start looking at every “urgent” email like a crime scene.

PRIZES

TBA

REGISTRATION

You need to have an account on CyberEDU. Register here or login here.
Authenticate in your account and click on this link (this is required only the first time). This will give you access to a private space called “DefCamp”. See the picture below.
Go to section Compete as instructed. You should see all the active contests.
Click on any contest of interest and make the Pre-Registration.
Have fun!