Month: October 2022

Oregon State University Security Club

Meeting Notes 10/19

[ Image: OSUSEC members try an intro pwn challenge, including 1337 hackors Alex Marx and Milan Donhowe ] Howdy hackers! Hope your week 4 is going well. Tonight Cameron introduced Reversed Engineering (“Rev”) challenges and how to pwn them. Rev and pwn challenges are a staple of CTF competitions, and we covered a few of…
Read more

Meeting Notes 10/12

[ Image: Matt Jansen and Jake Johanson dive deeper after finishing the same task ] Howdy hackers! Thanks to everyone who showed up tonight! Tonight we introduced the NSA Codebreaker Challenge, and held a work party. Hopefully you were able to make some progress on Tasks in a focused environment and get free dinner! We…
Read more

BSidesPDX 2022

[ Image: OSUSEC members pose on stage after their first-place win being announced. ] Howdy Hackers! This Friday, a group of OSUSEC members took a day trip up to Portland to attend BSidesPDX 2022 and compete in their CTF. We had an absolute blast, winning first place in the CTF, attending many interesting talks, and…
Read more

Meeting Notes 10/05

[ Image: Casey Colley explaining business injects of CyberDefense Competitions. ] Howdy hackers! Thanks to everyone who showed up, and we hope it was enjoyable and informative! Tonight we introduced Cyber Defense Competitions. We covered some of the skills and areas you would learn by playing in a CDC, what makes them fun, and the…
Read more