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SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024 – December 2024

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We’re excited to announce our December RISE meeting!

Calling all cybersecurity enthusiasts! Get ready to unleash your inner cyber sleuth as we explore SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024 with our very own Jared Register.

Mark your calendars!

  • Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2024
  • Time: 6:00 PM
  • Location: Virginia Western, Business/Science Building, Room M302

What to Expect:

This session, much like our popular event last year, will offer a sneak peek into the exciting world of the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge. Jared will guide us through the festive challenges designed to test your cybersecurity skills in a fun and interactive way.

Why You Should Join:

SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is a fantastic game for anyone interested in cybersecurity, regardless of experience level. It’s a Capture the Flag (CTF) competition disguised as a holiday wonderland, brimming with puzzles and challenges that will put your security problem-solving skills to the test.

Remember: SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is not just about holiday cheer; it’s about learning new skills, keeping up with latest trends, and expanding your cybersecurity knowledge.

About the Speaker:

Jared Register is an IT enthusiast and cybersecurity practitioner with over 10 years of experience. He currently serves as a Cybersecurity Engineer at a hospital system and focuses on the “blue team” side of cybersecurity. Jared holds a CISSP and is pursuing his Master’s in Information Systems Security Engineering from SANS.

Meeting Details:

We will be meeting at Virginia Western Community College in the Hall Family Business/Science Building.   Take the stairs to the left and go to the third floor and go to the CyberSecurity lab in room M302.

Meeting info:

Virginia Western Community College
Business/Science Building, Room M302
December 12th, 2024 @ 6PM
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ToJyoaMJ5BUy417QA

Online Session: This is an in-person only event!  Perhaps next month?

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to level up your cybersecurity skills and embrace the holiday spirit!

See you there!

SANS 2023 Holiday Hack Challenge Sampler – January 2024

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As the new year begins, let’s kick off our cybersecurity journey with an exciting walk through of the SANS 2024 Holiday Hack Challenge. 

SANS 2024 Holiday Hack Challenge Sampler

Hold onto your reindeer socks, cybersecurity enthusiasts, because we’re diving into the wonderland of the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2023! This annual event isn’t just your average holiday cheer; it’s a Capture the Flag (CTF) competition disguised as a festive frenzy, pitting hackers of all levels against ingeniously crafted cybersecurity puzzles.

But what exactly is a CTF and why should you care? Imagine a treasure hunt through a virtual landscape, where each hidden “flag” represents a solved challenge. Cracking codes, dissecting networks, and unraveling mysteries – it’s a thrilling combination of mental gymnastics and technical prowess. And the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge takes this concept to a whole new level, wrapping it in a charming holiday theme.

So, let’s peel back the wrapping paper and explore some of the challenges of the 2023 edition.

Speaker Bio: Jared Register is an IT enthusiast and cybersecurity practitioner. He is currently employed as a Cybersecurity Engineer for a hospital system and has been in cybersecurity for over 9 years. Jared mainly focuses on the blue team side of cybersecurity. He holds the CISSP and is working on my Masters of Science in Information Systems Security Engineering from SANS.  Jared can be connected with at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredregister/

Remember, the SANS Holiday Hack Challenge might be festive, but our January event is all about sharpening your skills and fueling your cybersecurity passion in the fresh year ahead! Remember, if you can’t make it in person, we’ll also be streaming the presentation via Google Meet.


Meeting info:

ECPI University
January 11, 2024 @ 6:00PM
5234 Airport Rd NW #200, Roanoke, VA 24012
https://maps.app.goo.gl/usS5mLFdqBFQaM5M6

Online Session:
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September 2019 – Capture the Flag Demonstration

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Note: This cooperative event will start at 6:30pm!

Capture the Flag challenges offer the opportunity to improve your InfoSec skills whether you are a seasoned penetration tester or just starting your journey. An InfoSec novice may not sweep the competition but they will certainly improve their knowledge. Trying new things can be hard especially in a profession that contains talent that, at times, seems untouchable. Let’s calm those fears with a CtF demonstration and review.
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Dec 2016 – SANS Holiday Hack Challenge Party

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The SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is going to be released on Dec 9th, we’re going to party on Dec 15th:

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If you’re not familiar with the challenge it is an annual event put on by Ed Skoudis and his team. It is essentially a game that involves a series of cyber security challenges designed to get you to learn a wide variety of skills. The team does a phenomenal job. It has elements for all skill levels and hints as you go along the way. Last year’s challenge was EPIC and I think my wife was ready to kill me if I didn’t stop playing. I’ll warn you, it can get addictive.

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The challenges are kept online each year so you can continue to play, even if you didn’t complete it by the deadline. Here is last year’s challenge if you want take a look: https://holidayhackchallenge.com/ This link will likely update to the 2016 challenge on 12/9. If so, here is a list of past challenges: https://pen-testing.sans.org/holiday-challenge/

I can honestly say, after playing last year, I have looked forward to this year’s challenge all year long. My wife, maybe not so much, since I had my head buried in my laptop for 2 weeks last time 🙂 Here are just a few of the things I either learned about, or added skills to while playing last years challenge: sed, awk, scapy, python, JSON, SQL injection techniques,  numerous web application pentesting techniques, Burp Suite, mondoDB, firmware extraction, DNS CnC and data exfil. And when I wasn’t pulling out my hair, I had an absolute blast doing it!

Join us on 12/15 to work on the Holiday Hack Challenge. It is for all skill levels and you will be surprised how much you will learn. We will have wifi access available so everyone can work on the challenge. If you are a student and want to participate but don’t have a laptop, let us know and I will make arrangements so you will have somethig to work on.

To make the best use of the time at the party, go ahead and sign up for an account once the challenge is posted on 12/9.  You can start playing anytime after you get an account. I  also recommend having some sort of virtualization software on your laptop such as VirtualBox or VMWare Player, both are free. And having a VM running Kali set up. Or if Kali is your main OS you may want to have a Windows VM setup. All of that will aid you in the challenge.

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As usual we’ll have beer/soda and snacks. Just bring your brains because you’re going to need them.

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The meeting will be at 5:30pm on 12/15 at R&K Solutions, 2797 Frontage Rd NW, STE 1000, Roanoke, VA 24017. Google Maps.