Suz Hinton

so that you could then run little snippets of the assembly code that were present in the program itself to get what you need. And so I looked at that and I was just like, yeah, there's no way I'd be able to assemble that. That's something that I want to practice that for next time sort of thing.

so that you could then run little snippets of the assembly code that were present in the program itself to get what you need. And so I looked at that and I was just like, yeah, there's no way I'd be able to assemble that. That's something that I want to practice that for next time sort of thing.

Well, it was interesting because one of the write-ups that I read was by a high schooler and I've never felt so insecure in my life after.

Well, it was interesting because one of the write-ups that I read was by a high schooler and I've never felt so insecure in my life after.

Yeah, it was through my cybersecurity club at my community college. It was actually a really high quality cybersecurity club. I'm still in contact with them. I still volunteer and help people ramp up to doing CTFs. Like I'll teach them the coding sort of stuff. It's like, oh, here's how GitHub works.

Yeah, it was through my cybersecurity club at my community college. It was actually a really high quality cybersecurity club. I'm still in contact with them. I still volunteer and help people ramp up to doing CTFs. Like I'll teach them the coding sort of stuff. It's like, oh, here's how GitHub works.

So if you need to clone down a tool that you can't find anywhere else and get it running, here's how to sort of use GitHub in its basic form. And Yeah, so it was through the Community College Cybersecurity Club. They have a Discord that you can join when you're a student and they just put, there's like specific channels set up even for specific CTFs.

So if you need to clone down a tool that you can't find anywhere else and get it running, here's how to sort of use GitHub in its basic form. And Yeah, so it was through the Community College Cybersecurity Club. They have a Discord that you can join when you're a student and they just put, there's like specific channels set up even for specific CTFs.

So it's almost impossible to miss out on when there are actually CTFs going and people will announce them and they'll also hold information sessions. And like I said, like tutorial nights where you can go along and follow along and learn a new skill that will help you to tackle those CTFs better.

So it's almost impossible to miss out on when there are actually CTFs going and people will announce them and they'll also hold information sessions. And like I said, like tutorial nights where you can go along and follow along and learn a new skill that will help you to tackle those CTFs better.

And then for the CTFs that have teams, that school would also help people form teams as well, which was really cool. So I think that getting involved in the cybersecurity community is one of the only ways to really know, unless you literally Google like cybersecurity CTF list or something, that can also help. But most of the CTFs I was doing were the collegiate level too.

And then for the CTFs that have teams, that school would also help people form teams as well, which was really cool. So I think that getting involved in the cybersecurity community is one of the only ways to really know, unless you literally Google like cybersecurity CTF list or something, that can also help. But most of the CTFs I was doing were the collegiate level too.

So they were a bit easier, I think. And so that was a huge help just to get sort of your feet wet.

So they were a bit easier, I think. And so that was a huge help just to get sort of your feet wet.

It's been probably... Yeah, I didn't know you used to do this. It's really cool.

It's been probably... Yeah, I didn't know you used to do this. It's really cool.

They're way more fun than actually doing it as work for sure. And I relate to the point about feeling like a hacker and stuff. Like I always put on like the mood lighting in here and then I'll put on the synths and the garage tracks and, you know, all of that kind of thing. And like... I really go all in.

They're way more fun than actually doing it as work for sure. And I relate to the point about feeling like a hacker and stuff. Like I always put on like the mood lighting in here and then I'll put on the synths and the garage tracks and, you know, all of that kind of thing. And like... I really go all in.

And if it's just a weekend, like, you know, I don't have a family, so I can just literally lock in with the Mountain Dew and just do it. And so it's a lot of fun. And again, it's very low stakes, right? But you learn a lot and you're still tickling the part of your brain you want to just, yeah, like there's no responsibility, I guess, to it either. So, yeah.

And if it's just a weekend, like, you know, I don't have a family, so I can just literally lock in with the Mountain Dew and just do it. And so it's a lot of fun. And again, it's very low stakes, right? But you learn a lot and you're still tickling the part of your brain you want to just, yeah, like there's no responsibility, I guess, to it either. So, yeah.