Another CTF, another day of staring at terminals and questioning my life choices.
This time, I participated in MetaCTF 2026 at Princess Sumaya University for Technology with my team, No Shelter.
We spent the day jumping between challenges, exploring different ideas, and keeping way too many browser tabs open.
I spent a good amount of time digging into web challenges, messing with requests, endpoints, and whatever looked suspicious.
The server seemed particularly fond of 403 Forbidden.
The One That Got Away
Near the end of the competition, I was working on a reverse engineering challenge.
And somehow, in the very last minute, I managed to get what looked like most of the flag.
Just one little piece left.
Then the competition ended.
The instance closed.
And that was it. 🫠
Not Bad, I Guess
We finished 17th with 1,767 points, and I contributed 552 of them.
Didn’t win, but I had fun, learned a few things, and walked away with another CTF experience.
Oh, and I got a free shirt. So that’s a win, I guess.
Until the next one.
