ZERO ONE — Ghost in the Ledger CTF
THE SIGNAL IS LIVE. // 01000111 01001000 01001111 01010011 01010100
Something has been moving through the ledger. No name. No trace. Just a ghost.
Cyber Unbound × Zeron present ZERO ONE a one-day CTF event in Mumbai, wrapped in full 80s hacker nostalgia. 20 teams make it into the room. This form is how you fight for a seat.
HOW YOU GET IN
1st Sept Online Qualifier. Open to all. Beginner-friendly CTF. Solve fastest. 5th Sept ZERO ONE Finals, Mumbai. Top 20 teams get a free pass and the venue address by email.
Teams of 1–2. Entry free. Registration closes 29 August.
THE ARENA "GHOST IN THE LEDGER"
Web Exploitation · Cryptography · Reverse Engineering · Digital Forensics · Binary Exploitation · AI & Agent Security · Physical / On-Site Challenges
The last two are the ones nobody trains for. One of them you can only solve in the room.
THE STAGE
Sessions from people who actually do this work. Real attack chains and real career paths, not slideware.
🎤 Mr. Nitin Bhatnagar, Regional Director of India, South Asia & Middle East at PCI Security Standards Council
🎤 Ms. Rishika Desai, Cyber Threat Intelligence Researcher at BforeAI
🎤 Mr. Nikhil Srivastava, Founder at Bsides Ahmedabad. Synack Red Team
🎙️ Special stand-up comedy act by Mr. Rishi Roy — because a day this long deserves an interval
More names announced soon.
WHAT YOU WALK OUT WITH
🏴 The "Ghost" badge top 3 teams only. Permanent rank boost on the Cyber Unbound platform, visible where recruiters look. Never issued again after this event.
🐞 Winning teams get vouchers from TryHackMe, worth ₹1,50,000 in total.
🎓 Winning teams get vouchers for BlackPerl courses and certifications, worth ₹3,00,000 in total.
📜 Signed certificates from Zeron and Cyber Unbound for all 20 finalist teams.
🛰️ A hardware bounty on one challenge. First team to crack it takes the device home. We're not saying what it is only that it's on most hackers' wish lists and does something you shouldn't be able to do from a laptop.
🎁 Plus a few prizes we're not announcing. Physical. Collectible.
🍕 Food and non-alcoholic drinks all day, on us.
BEFORE YOU REGISTER
Registering here enters you into the 1 Sept online qualifier. Finals passes go to the top 20 teams only.
Venue is IITB Trust Lab, IIT Bombay, our venue hosting partner. Exact room details shared with selected teams by email.
Single-day event. Organisers do not sponsor travel or accommodation.
Free of cost, start to finish. Max 2 members per team.
Registration closes 29 August. Hard cut-off.
Mumbai has had conferences. Mumbai has not had this.
REGISTER. QUALIFY. HUNT THE GHOST.