CyberWar Games: Do you have what it takes to win?

The best way to understand the complex problems organizations face today is to walk in the foot steps of the adversary, to better understand their techniques, their motivations and their goals for today’s attacks. CyberWar Games provides visibility into how an attacker exploits products, solutions, applications and networks, to ultimately gain a better understanding of what is required to be resilient against attacks.  

With a new CyberWar Games puzzle meme released each week, now here’s your chance to keep the tradition alive by sharing your puzzle ideas! Create and submit your puzzle ideas for each week’s theme by Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11:59:59pm PT to WIN a copy of “Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World’s First Digital Weapon” by Kim Zetter.

The 10 Puzzle Theme Categories:
1. Internet and Network Security Foundations
2. Reconnaissance

3. Incursion (attack)

4. Discovery
5. Capture

6. Exfiltration

7. URL Manipulation and Linux Commands

8. nmap and Metasploit Framework 1/24

9. Dig, NetCat, and John the Ripper

10. Web Browsers Usage and Security Concerns

SYMANTEC OFFICIAL RULES FOR THE CYBERWAR GAMES MEMES CONTEST

THE CYBERWAR GAMES MEMES CONTEST IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (EXCLUDING GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND ALL OTHER U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS), OR CANADA (EXCLUDING THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC), WHO ARE THE AGE OF 18 OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN THEIR STATE OR PROVICE OF RESIDENCE. CONTEST SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND EVALUATED ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA LAW.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.

BY PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE “OFFICIAL RULES” AND THE DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES AND/OR SPONSOR RELATIVE TO THIS CONTEST.

1. SPONSOR

The Symantec Cyberwar Games Memes Contest (the "Contest") is sponsored by Symantec Corporation (the "Sponsor"), 350 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California, 94043, U.S.A. The Contest begins on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 12:00:00am Pacific Time (PT) and ends Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 11:59:59pm PT (the "Contest Period").

2. ELIGIBILITY – VOID WHERE PROHIBITED

This Contest is open to persons who are legal residents of one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia (excluding Guam, Puerto Rico, and all other U.S. territories and possessions), or Canada (excluding the province of Quebec), who have reached the age of majority in their state or providence of residence as of the beginning of the Contest Period (“Participant”). Persons in any of the following categories are NOT eligible to enter, participate in, or win in the Contest: (a) persons who on or after the beginning of the Contest Period were or are officers, directors or employees of Symantec Corporation, or any of its parent, subsidiary, affiliated companies, service agencies, or independent contractors; (b) persons who are immediate family members (defined as spouse or biological or step- mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, or son and each of their respective spouses) of any person in any of the preceding categories, regardless of where they live, and/or individuals who reside in the same household, whether related or not, as any person in any of the preceding categories. Any questions and/or issues concerning eligibility shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor. This Contest is void in Guam, Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec, and where prohibited by law. Employees or representative of government agencies or organizations are not eligible to participate.

3. HOW TO ENTER. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
You can enter the Contest by following these steps during the Contest Period:

1. Create an original puzzle meme.
2. Email the puzzle meme to SymantecWargames@symantec.com
3. Provide your name, phone number and email address so that we can contact you if you are chosen as a potential winner.

In the email, Participants must submit a puzzle meme according to the objective judging criteria set forth in Section 5 below. Some examples of a puzzle meme include (for illustration purposes only): crossword puzzle, word search, Sudoku, etc. (“Entry”). During the Contest Period, Participants can submit one (1) puzzle meme Entry in each of the following categories for a total of up to ten (10) Entries, per person:

1. Internet and Network Security Foundations 2. Reconnaissance
3. Incursion (attack)
4. Discovery

5. Capture
6. Exfiltration
7. URL Manipulation and Linux Commands
8. nmap and Metasploit Framework 1/24
9. Dig, NetCat, and John the Ripper
10. Web Browsers Usage and Security Concerns

General Requirements

In addition to the above-listed required steps, all Participants must abide by these General Requirements:

• Your Entry must be in English.
• Your Entry must be unique
• Your Entry must not: 
a. violate applicable law;
b. depict hatred;
c. be in bad taste;
d. denigrate (or be derogatory toward) any person or group of persons or any race, ethnic group, or culture; 
e. threaten a specific community in society, including any specific race, ethnic group, or culture; f. incite violence or be likely to incite violence;
g. contain vulgar or obscene language or excessive violence;
h. contain pornography, obscenity, or sexual activity; or 
i. disparage the Sponsor.
• Your Entry must be original, your sole property, and not previously published or submitted in any other 
contest.
• Your Entry must not violate any right of a third party including, but not limited to: copyright, 
trademark, any other intellectual property right, right of publicity, confidentiality, and privacy. Please do not include the name or logo of any company or product produced by a manufacturer other than Symantec. 
By submitting an Entry, you agree that Sponsor has the unrestricted right and license to use your Entry in whole or in part, commercially or non-commercially in any media known or unknown in perpetuity, worldwide, including the right to publish and display the Entry for advertising and publicity, and to edit and make derivative works, all without additional review or compensation. Additionally, you agree that Sponsor may post your Entry, including your name on its sponsored websites and/or third-party sites.

Limit (1) Entry per category (as listed above), per person, for the duration of the Contest Period. If you enter or attempt to enter more than once per category, using multiple email addresses or identities, all of your entries may be declared null and void, and you may be disqualified and ineligible to participate in this Contest. Duplicate entries and/or other mechanical reproductions of entries are not permitted. Illegible or incomplete entries will be disqualified.

Your Entry may be disqualified, at the sole discretion of Sponsor if you attempt to enter through any means other than by the email submission requirements herein, if you disrupt the Contest or circumvent the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. If any of the above occurs, Sponsor has the right to remedy any such action, disruption, or circumvention in a manner to be solely determined by Sponsor.

4. PRIZES

Sponsor will award the following prize for each of the 10 categories for the Contest:

The total estimated retail value of all of prizes to be awarded for the Contest is $250.00. Limit one prize per category and one prize per person. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period. Prize is not transferable or exchangeable, or redeemable for cash. No prize substitution is allowed, except Sponsor may substitute a prize at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Winner is solely responsible for any and all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local taxes. Prizes will be shipped to Winners at Sponsor’s expense. Any other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are winner’s sole responsibility. All details and other restrictions of prizes not specified in these Official Rules will be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.

5. SELECTION OF WINNERS;

Ten (10) potential winners will be chosen on February 17, 2015, in Mountain View, California.

Potential winners will be contacted via email. Potential winners must respond via email by February 24, 2015, at 12:00pm PT. There will be no additional media or channels utilized to announce winners.

If a potential winner is (i) found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, (ii) declines to accept a prize, (iii) if Sponsor is does not receive a timely response to a winner notification, or (iv) in the event that a prize notification or prize is returned undeliverable, then the corresponding prize will be forfeited and, at the Sponsor's sole discretion, the prize may be awarded to an alternate winner chosen by Sponsor’s judges. Potential winners may be required to furnish proof of identification. Before being declared a winner, potential  winner must execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Liability & Publicity Release within seven (7) business days from the postmarked date or otherwise the corresponding prize may be forfeited.

Sponsor’s judges will review entries submitted via email throughout the Contest Period. Judges will determine the potential winners based on the following judging criteria:

In order to be named a winner, each potential winner must complete an affidavit of eligibility and liability release indicating: (i) acceptance of, and agreement to abide by these Official Rules; (ii) agreement to waive any legal claims against and to release the Sponsor from any and all liability, loss, or damage arising from entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or entrant’s acceptance, possession, or use of a prize awarded through the Contest, including, but not limited to, claims for product liability, personal injury, breach of contract, and negligence; (iii) confirmation that entrant meets and will abide by all eligibility requirements where applicable; and (iv) (optional and only where permitted by law) consent to the use of entrant’s name, image, likeness, and related personal information for use in publicity materials related to the Contest, the Sponsor, and/or Sponsor’s products and services. Failure to agree to the affidavit of eligibility, waiver of liability, and, where permitted by law, a publicity release, will constitute forfeiture of the prize, and a substitute winner may be selected.

6. CONDITIONS

All federal, state, provincial, and local laws apply. Sponsor is not responsible for: (i) typographical errors, misprinted, lost, late, delayed, misdirected, unintelligible, illegible, damaged, stolen, intercepted, or incomplete entries or prize notifications and (ii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor which may cause the Drawing to be disrupted or corrupted, in which case Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Drawing.

AS A PARTICIPANT IN THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE THAT SPONSOR, ITS PARENT COMPANIES, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AND ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR EMPLOYEES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “RELEASED PARTIES”), SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES, DAMAGES OR INJURIES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST OR ANY CONTEST RELATED ACTIVITY, OR FROM YOUR ACCEPTANCE, RECEIPT, POSSESSION AND/OR USE OR MISUSE OF THE PRIZE(S), AND (B) HAVE MADE ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRIZE(S), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO SUCH PRIZE’S QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Sponsor is not responsible for incomplete, illegible, misdirected, misprinted, late, lost, damaged, stolen, or intercepted Contest entries or prize notifications; or for lost, interrupted, inaccessible or unavailable networks, servers, satellites, Internet Service Providers, websites, or other connections; or for typographical errors, miscommunications, failed, jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected emails, or computer, telephone or cable transmissions; or for any technical malfunctions, failures, difficulties or other errors of any kind or nature; or for the incorrect or inaccurate capture of information, or the failure to capture any information. In the case of any of the aforementioned events occur, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Contest in its sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event Sponsor is prevented from awarding prize(s) or continuing with the Contest as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite, equipment, or software failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis (e.g. SARS), order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Contest in its sole discretion.

If participant uploads a photograph or other image in connection with the Contest, you hereby grant to Sponsor a nonexclusive, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free and fully paid up license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, make derivative works, perform, and modify the uploaded material in any and all manner and media throughout the world in perpetuity. This includes a license under all copyrights and publicity included therein.

By entering the Contest, you agree: (i) to be bound by these Official Rules and by all applicable laws and decisions of Sponsor which shall be binding and final; (ii) to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules; (iii) to waive all of rights to bring any claim, action, or proceeding against the Released Parties in connection with the Contest; and (iv) to forever and irrevocably agree to release, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with your participation in this Contest.

All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of a Participant and/or Sponsor in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without regard to California conflicts of law principles. All Participants consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in Santa Clara County, California, U.S.A.

The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein

By entering the Contest, Participants agree to the terms of Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/privacypolicy/index.jsp). Unless Participants indicate otherwise at the time of entry, personal information collected from Participants may be used by Sponsor for the purpose of not only administering this Contest but also contacting you regarding your interest in Sponsor’s products and services.