How playing CTF made me a better hacker... is this your password?

Presented at CarolinaCon 14 (2018), April 13, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (30 minutes)

Learn why playing capture the flag is an awesome way to learn firehose style how to hack while meeting new friends, and abusing networks and systems. Your presenter on this talk has competed in many CTF events and finished 1st out of 127 teams at DerbyCon in 2014, and was the highest scoring solo player in 2015. Come and learn why you should be playing the CTF right now.

Presenters:

• Jeff Macko
  Jeff Macko is a Director with Kroll's Cyber Security and Investigations practice. With over 25 years of experience in information technology and security, he has designed, implemented, managed, and secured information systems and networks for a wide variety of industries, with substantial experience in financial services, biotechnology, software development, and e-commerce. Jeff partners with clients to identify risks to their information security programs and provides remediation guidance through penetration testing, code review, social engineering exercises and risk assessments.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/CarolinaCon/CarolinaCon 14 2018/How playing CTF made me a better hacker.. is this your password (by Jeff Macko).mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/CarolinaCon/CarolinaCon 14 2018/How playing CTF made me a better hacker.. is this your password (by Jeff Macko).eng.srt (subtitles)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joixfiF6piM

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• Diana Initiative 2020 Virtual / Introduction to Capture-the-Flag (CTF)
• ToorCon San Diego 17 (2015) / Potent Pwnables - Advancements in CTF