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March General Meeting
A Brief Introduction to CTFs (Capture-The-Flag)
Speaker: Rebecca Reid, Senior Software Engineer,
Black Duck
CTFs (Capture-The-Flags) are competitions where participants try to hack purposefully vulnerable programs to find "flags", e.g. text strings. They're a great way to get into cybersecurity, both on the side of the hackers and of the defenders. In this talk, Rebecca will go over how to participate in CTFs, and if all goes well, a live demo of an ongoing CTF.
Rebecca is a Senior Software Engineer at Black Duck, working in their C++ Compilers team. She has experience with CTFs in university, and has won an internal CTF competition back when the company was still Synopsys, beating the reigning pen-tester (penetration tester, e.g. hackers-for-hire) team. She is also the current CUUG President.
707 Fifth
707 - 5 St. S.W.
Third floor conference room C
There is $3 parking after 16:00 one block south of the meeting location, at the Centennial Parkade (Lot 54).
5:30 PM, Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Snacks at 17:30. Meeting begins at 18:00.
Attendance is free for CUUG members, or $10 (cash or e-transfer) at the door for non-CUUG members.
RSVP to office at CUUG if you plan to attend.