Security Override - News

Basic 12 Improved!

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:07:54 +0200

I will start out with an apology. I had started completely rewriting the basic 12 challenge a few weeks back to significantly improve functionality and realism. But I had forgotten about it, and as a result, the challenge was left, incomplete, for way too long.

Finally, it was brought to my attention, thanks to blandyuk, and so I jumped right back on the project.

I'd like to say thank you to blandyuk, as should the community. Because of one short and simple private message, basic 12 is now finished, and improvements will be made to make it even more realistic very soon. Regardless, the challenge is quite good now, and does not require specific inputs; rather, for example, if you use an orderby, you can use ANY number, even a negative. So go have some SQL injection fun!

1,000 members!!

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:23:04 +0200

SecurityOverride has reached 1,000 members today!

The Plauging Problem Of Points

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:26:41 +0200

"Hey Qwexotic, I think my points are wrong."
"Let me check..."
"Yeah, I was looking at user_x, and we've done the same challenges, but user_x has more points."
"Indeed, you are correct. I will fix it ASAP."

This has happened way too much. Ever since the realistic switch of 3 and 5, I've received a number of private messages about challenges points.

Yeah, I've fixed them. Of course. But I would have to manually add up every user's points, double-check my math, and change the challenge points. Well, I'm sick of it.

So I coded a script to check ANY user's current points, as well as the point value they SHOULD have. So anytime in the future, if you think you have an incorrect amount of challenge points, we can sort it out immediately upon contacting me.

I have fixed all user's point values from the realistic switch, but if you still believe you have an incorrect amount of points, please send me a private message, post in the forum, or send me a message within the chat system.

Patching Revival!

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:21:31 +0200

Hey, do you guys remember that old challenge category that we...well...haven't added a challenge to in... Ya know, the one that HAD the lowest number of challenges, at 2?..

Well, thanks to CrashOverron, we've got two new challenges for the Patching category!

Both challenges are worth 15 points.
The previous two challenge have been set to 15 points as well.

Patching 3 - Patching 4

Fresh New Themes, Courtesy Of Override!

Thu, 06 May 2010 22:58:21 +0200

If you're like me, when you loaded SecurityOverride today, you probably jumped back and exclaimed, "Woah!"

That's right, we've got two new themes, courtesy of Override! I personally would like to congratulate him on a job well done.

"So I like the new themes, but I'd rather use the old one. Can I?"
Definitely. Just go to Edit Profile -> Edit Options, and you can change your theme from there.

Make sure to post your opinion in the "New Theme" thread!
And here's a heads-up: we will be having a vote soon on which theme to make default.

If you like the new themes, be sure to say thanks to Override!

Programming 9, Calender Algorithm!

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:15:34 +0200

If you have been alive long enough, you may have heard of, or even met one of those 'street acts' in which a date, such as your birthday or a holiday is given to the man, and he spits the day of the week back out to you...of course, for some money.

Well, you now have the ability to do learn about the algorithm used to do this! And although you won't have to learn it and be able to spit a date out in front of an audience (though you could), you will have to code a program to process three dates, and output the days of the week on which the dates fall. Finally, you will have to enter the days (separated by semi-colons) into the form on the programming 9 page to receive challenge completion credit.

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Programming 9 has been fixed! The old code was very obsolete, and not to mention it produced incorrect input. I decided to code this challenge myself (it was coded by another member), starting over from scratch, and the challenge coding is, in addition to being fixed, much cleaner and shorter. So get to it!
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Now go earn yourself 50 challenge points with Programming Challenge 9!

We Appreciate You, Google...

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:48:50 +0200

Today is a very...historic day for SecurityOverride. April 26, 2010 is the day that Google has indexed us very highly, among other hacking challenge sites.

If you were to do a Google search for "hacking challenges" at this moment, you would see that SecurityOverride.com is the second result, falling just short of HackThisSite.org. And who knows? Maybe SecurityOverride can overtake HackThisSite, too?..

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Apparently, SecurityOverride is on the second page of the results... Though here's a picture of what led me to believe we fell right behind HackThisSite...
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I'd like to dedicate this post mainly to all of you guys, the loyal community of SecurityOverride.com. Because you all provide unique and quality content, SecurityOverride has been able to scale the search engine rankings. Keep up the awesome work!

And thank you GoogleBot, for indexing us, and realizing that we are far superior to the other hacking sites...

Programming 8, Revisitng Geometry!

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:06:36 +0200

Oh, that wretched subject we all wish we never had to have taken. Why couldn't we have simply written programs to do all the work for us?..

Well, with programming 8, we're giving you a blast from the past, and you not only get to remember the pains of geometry, but you also have a second chance - a chance to make a program to do the work for you. The only differences are: 1) this actually counts for something - 45 challenge points, and 2) you have a time limit to complete this 'homework assignment' - 25 seconds.

Special thanks goes out to bluechill; the challenge concept as well as the challenge coding are courtesy of him. Kudos to ya, bluechill!

Enough of reading worthless text beyond this point. Earn yourself 45 challenge points with Programming Challenge 8!

Logic 7, Logic 8, Logic 9 Released!

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:38:43 +0200

Three more challenges have been added to the Logic Challenges category.

Logic 7 and Logic 9 are 1-submission challenges per week, while Logic 8 isn't.

We will continue to release logic challenges in the near future.
In the mean time, take a shot at Logic 7, Logic 8, and Logic 9!

Logic 7, Logic 8, and Logic 9 are all worth 15 challenge points.

Logic 5 And Logic 6 Out!

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:14:01 +0200

Two more challenges have been added to the logic challenge category.

These two challenges do NOT need to be checked by an admin, for the record.

Get to 'em! Logic 5 and Logic 6 are both worth 10 points each.