Live CTF training sessions with the Islander Cyber Society
Weekly
Day and time TBD
Location TBD
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
All Islander Cyber Society members and TAMU-CC students interested in CTF competitions. All skill levels welcome—beginners encouraged!
Your laptop with CTF tools installed (Kali Linux recommended). See our Beginner's Guide for setup instructions.
First time attending? No problem! Our meetings are designed to accommodate all skill levels. We start with fundamentals and build up to advanced topics. Check out our Beginner's Guide to prepare.
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Check back soon for details on our next training session. We'll cover hands-on CTF challenges and technique demonstrations.
Contact for DetailsLearn new techniques through live demonstrations. Each session focuses on a specific CTF category or technique, from beginner to advanced topics.
Work through challenges together as a group. Practice what you've learned with guided exercises and receive immediate feedback from experienced members.
Prepare for upcoming CTF competitions. Review past competition challenges and discuss strategies for maximizing points as a team.
Welcome, announcements, upcoming competitions, and session goals.
Live demonstration of technique or tool with real examples.
Hands-on challenges applying what you learned with help available.
Review solutions, answer questions, preview next session.
Browse materials from previous sessions. All slides, challenges, and resources are available for self-study.
Week 1 • Example Date 2024
Introduction to CTF competitions, setting up tools, and basic web exploitation techniques including HTTP, cookies, and developer tools.
Week 2 • Example Date 2024
Understanding SQL databases, how injection vulnerabilities occur, and basic exploitation techniques including union-based and error-based attacks.
Week 3 • Example Date 2024
Introduction to cryptanalysis with Caesar cipher, Vigenère cipher, substitution ciphers, and frequency analysis techniques.
More session materials will be added as we conduct training sessions.
Check back regularly or attend meetings to get the latest content!
We welcome contributions from experienced members! If you have expertise in a CTF category and want to teach others, we'd love to have you lead a training session.