CTFs I built

Capture The Flag challenges I designed at Cymulate and Matrix.

Exclusive SantaAuthor · CTFlearn

A forensics and cryptography challenge I authored on the CTFlearn platform.

Community writeup (Medium)

Matrix CTF 002 (2021)Co-author · Matrix (Cyber R&D Labs)

A recruiting CTF blending virtual and physical space: candidates raced a real bomb timer in the office (webcam-monitored), defusing it through escalating challenges across reversing, pwn, mobile, cryptography and forensics.

Writeup (Digital Whisper)

Matrix CTF (2022)Co-author · Matrix (Cyber R&D Labs)

The 2022 recruiting edition, expanded with a new Misc category and an approachable Warmup tier to ease players in, alongside pwn, reversing, mobile and crypto challenges.

Writeup (Digital Whisper)

BinushkaAuthor · Cymulate

A reverse-engineering CTF built around nested "matryoshka"-style binaries (bin + ushka), run at Cymulate's Black Hat USA 2022 booth.

Writeup (PDF)

MCPwnedAuthor · Cymulate

A multi-stage CTF on attacking and securing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and AI-driven systems — filesystem, database, API and tool abuse — built on real MCP vulnerabilities disclosed by Cymulate. Five stages, with the final stage at Black Hat USA 2025.

Writeup — part 1 (Medium) · Writeup — part 2 (Medium)

CTF background

Over five years competing in CTFs with the CamelRiders team, excelling in Reversing, Pwn, Mobile, Cryptography and Forensics.

Public challenge write-ups (CTFLearn and more): github.com/EladBeber/CTFlearn-Writeups
CTF and reversing videos: YouTube (@EladBeber)