Presented at
HOPE 2020 Virtual Rescheduled,
July 29, 2020, 9 a.m.
(240 minutes).
The world runs on COBOL! 95 percent of ATM swipes rely on COBOL, but few people know how to use it. Let's fix that! Party like it's 1959!
In this workshop, participants will learn basic COBOL programming and solve challenges including building HTTP requests, processing strings, file I/O, ASCII encoding, modular arithmetic and RSA encryption. You will use free Google cloud servers and a real public IBM mainframe.
The workshop is structured in a Capture the Flag format. Each participant works at their own pace. The techniques will be demonstrated, with complete step-by-step instructions to lead beginners through the easy challenges. There are also harder challenges for more experienced participants. Each participants will be helped as needed to ensure that everyone learns something new.
https://wiki.hope.net/index.php?title=COBOL\_CTF\_workshop
Presenters:
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Sam Bowne
**Sam Bowne** has been teaching computer networking and security classes at City College San Francisco since 2000, and is the founder of Infosec Decoded, Inc.
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Elizabeth Biddlecome
**Elizabeth Biddlecome** is a consultant and instructor, delivering technical training and mentorship to students and professionals. She is a senior instructor for infosec and leverages her enthusiasm for architecture, security, and code to design and implement comprehensive information security solutions for business needs. Elizabeth enjoys wielding everything from soldering irons to scripting languages in cybersecurity competitions, hackathons, and CTFs.
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