LayerOne 2024

Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s Call for Papers! We really appreciate your contributions to this year’s event in spite of these crazy times we’re going through. We’ll be reviewing all the submissions in the next few days and sending out our first round of acceptance emails shortly!

In the meantime, try your hand at solving a fun mini-challenge from The Intercept! Qualifiers for this event continue until April 19th. If you solve the qualifier you’re guaranteed a spot in the main event – if we have extra packages left over we’ll give them out on a first-come first-served basis. We are giving small hints here and there in #theintercept channel on the LayerOne 2021 Discord Server

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

This is the last call for submissions to the LayerOne 2021 Call for Papers! The CFP closes TONIGHT (April 15th) at 23:59 Pacific. Submit your talk before then via: https://forms.gle/BsBArCcp6hzP5NU3A! We’ll be making our selections and replying to everyone who submitted over the weekend!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

We got some new toys here in the lab, but there’s something a bit off about them. We’ve noticed they don’t seem to be doing what the manufacturers described – could we be victims of supply chain attack? The lab monkeys are hard to understand (all that techno-mumbo-jumbo), but they’re saying the devices seem to be emitting a variety of strange signals. As always we need your help to figure things out. We’ve left the package at the arranged location. Can you intercept and decipher all the strange signals?

The Intercept is a hardware Capture the Flag (CTF) event focused on testing your skills in hardware hacking, anti-tamper technologies, reverse engineering, programming, and more! With this year being virtual, you can chat with others about the contest in the #theintercept Discord channel of the LayerOne Discord Server.

THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CONTEST PACKAGES AVAILABLE FOR 2021. As a result, we’ll be doing a mini-qualifier event to give you a taste of what you might expect in the main event and provide a fair way of determining where to send out packages. You can download the qualifier challenge from:

If you think you have the right answer, email it to intercept@layerone.org. QUALIFIERS CLOSE ON APRIL 19th at 23:59 PACIFIC! Please note: only one answer submission needed per team!

You can find more information on the Intercept Contest Page – we’ll be adding more information about the main event in the coming weeks.

REMINDER! The 2021 Call for Papers ends on April 15th – get your talk submission in before then.

Don’t forget to join our Discord server if you haven’t already – make new friends, learn new things!

Please share with anyone you think would be interested in LayerOne!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

Capture the Flag is back! This year’s contest is graciously hosted by the folks over at Qualcomm. The game will use a Jeopardy style board with challenges. This contest is for both beginners and experienced CTFers. Challenges will span many domains including web hacking, system hacking, forensics, reverse engineering, and crypto. Registration is open to all, no qualifications necessary. You can follow the CTF team on twitter at @LayerOneCTF for clues and additional information.

REMINDER! The 2021 Call for Papers ends on April 15th – get your talk submission in before then.

Don’t forget to join our Discord server if you haven’t already – make new friends, learn new things!

Please share with anyone you think would be interested in LayerOne!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff

Due to some technical difficulties on our end, the 2021 Call for Papers deadline has been extended to April 15th, 2021! As always, we look forward to all of your awesome submissions – please get them in before the 15th!

Due to the global pandemic, LayerOne 2021 is being held virtually on Discord and Twitch. Join our Discord server today – make new friends, learn new things!

Stay tuned for more LayerOne 2021 announcements!

Sincerely,
The LayerOne Staff