Hacker Challenge Phase 3 Reporting Template

Reports are required to include:

• Attack Narrative
• Time to break

Reports must be in English. Please submit reports in a Microsoft Office compatible format (DOC, RTF, TXT, etc.) or PDF. Reports must be relatively easy to understand, so very poorly written reports will not receive as high marks. Points are awarded for thoroughness, accuracy, and depth of analysis. For instance, simply stating that a protection was located and defeated will earn minimal points; saying how it was located and defeated will earn more points. Maximum points are earned by providing correct and full technical details (memory addresses, function calls, etc.) on how protections were defeated or circumvented.

Following are detailed descriptions of the sections that should appear in a final report. Sections should use the specified names (i.e. "Background", "Attack Narrative", etc.), and should appear in the final report in the order given below.

Attack Narrative:

This section is a step-by-step narrative describing how the protection was successfully defeated. Ideally, a reverse engineer should be able to use this section to replay your attack. It should be relatively succinct and easy to read. It should include information on all protections that were observed and all actions taken to defeat the protections. It should not be too low level (i.e. don't have steps like "Click on 'File' and choose 'Open'", etc.).

Time to break:

State how much time was required for this attack. How much time was required understanding the various protections, developing scripts or tools, researching on the internet, etc.