Qihoo360 Unicorn Team
The HITB CommSec Village page says the Amsterdam badge was exclusively designed by the Qihoo360 Unicorn Team.
SourceHITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam · Netherlands · 2018
HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam Badge
Qihoo360 Unicorn Team electronic badge with Badge Village games
An official HITB Amsterdam electronic badge record for registered conference attendees, with public CommSec Village evidence for Qihoo360 Unicorn Team design, Badge Village hacking support, packet-decoding play, mini-games, hidden challenges, and hardware specs.
SeriesHack In The Box
LocationNH Collection Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam
CountryNetherlands
People
Authors & Credits
Hack In The Box
Official publisher of the Amsterdam event archive and CommSec Village page documenting the badge, Badge Village, distribution, and hardware specs.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It adds a concrete Dutch security-conference badge outside the camp and Badge.Team lineages, showing HITB's Amsterdam event using a named badge team, public hardware specs, and on-site reprogramming support as part of the CommSec Village.
Hardware
The official page lists STM32F103 MCU, W25Q32 flash, 1.3-inch OLED, 433 MHz RF receiver, IR receiver, six buttons for up/down/left/right/OK/ESC, and six RGB LEDs. It also says non-paying conference visitors could buy a badge on-site for EUR35 while very limited supply lasted.
Software & Apps
The Badge Village promised help getting started with reprogramming, unlocking secret badge features, mini-games, an IR and 433 MHz packet-decoding game, hidden challenges, and an open-source hardware/software/firmware release. This pass has not recovered a stable repository URL, so no firmware implementation details are asserted.
Lore
The badge sat in HITB's free CommSec Village alongside hardware CTF, chip-off, lock picking, soldering, AI/blockchain, hacker-space, and community exhibits, making the attendee badge part of a broader hands-on security village.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
badge challenge surface
source-backed
Mini-games, hidden challenges, and reprogramming
The Badge Village promised secret feature unlocks, mini-games, hidden challenges, and help getting started with reprogramming the badge.
Source
badge game
source-backed
IR and 433 MHz packet-decoding game
HITB lists an IR and 433 MHz packet-decoding game as a badge activity, tying the RF/IR hardware to explicit on-site play.
Source
hardware architecture
source-backed
Qihoo360 Unicorn Team hardware stack
The official CommSec Village page lists an STM32F103 MCU, W25Q32 flash, 1.3-inch OLED, 433 MHz RF receiver, IR receiver, six direction/action buttons, and six RGB LEDs.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
distribution scope caveat
note
The official page says registered conference attendees got the badge, while non-paying conference visitors could buy one on-site for EUR35 from an extremely limited supply.
The record distinguishes registered-attendee distribution from the free CommSec Village visitor purchase path.
- Confidence
- official source
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- April 2018 event
- Source note
- HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam CommSec Village page.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No local HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam badge photo has been added because the official page imagery has not been paired with a reusable image license, attribution, and processing notes for publication.
The entry remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event imagery, screenshots, social-media photos, or generated placeholder art.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy and HITB CommSec Village source page.
repository recovery gap
note
HITB stated that the badge hardware, software, and firmware were fully open sourced, but this pass did not recover a stable repository or downloadable source archive URL.
The dossier records the public hardware-spec and challenge surface while avoiding unsupported firmware, schematic, or implementation claims beyond the official page.
- Confidence
- official source but unrecovered archive
- Status
- needs deeper archive recovery
- Timeframe
- 2018 badge archive pass
- Source note
- HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam CommSec Village page.
Resources
HITB Amsterdam Badge Village
badge village page · Official CommSec Village source for registered-attendee badge distribution, Qihoo360 Unicorn Team design credit, mini-games, hidden challenges, open-source statement, and hardware specs.
HITB Amsterdam venue
venue page · Official venue page for NH Collection Amsterdam Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and Dam 9, Amsterdam location context.
HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam archive
event page · Official event archive for April 9-13, 2018 dates, Amsterdam / NH Grand Krasnapolsky context, CommSec Village framing, and conference schedule context.
Sources
Hack In The Box: HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary event source for April 9-13, 2018 dates, ninth annual Netherlands conference context, Amsterdam / NH Grand Krasnapolsky venue, and CommSec Village context.
Hack In The Box: Technology Exhibition / CommSec Village
Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary badge source proving the HITBSecConf2018 Amsterdam badge, registered-attendee distribution, Qihoo360 Unicorn Team design credit, Badge Village hacking support, packet-decoding game, mini-games, hidden challenges, open-source statement, and hardware specs.