Trial ShiftAppens 25 - CyberSecurity Lab

Trial ShiftAPPens'25

The Cybersecurity Laboratory (CSlab) at CISUC focuses on advancing cybersecurity research and training. In addition to conducting cutting-edge research, CSlab fosters hands-on learning through activities such as Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions and Ethical Hacking (ETH) exercises. The lab also provides access to cybersecurity academies offered by leading security vendors, including Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Cisco.

As part of our training and event initiatives, we are organizing a CTF competition at ShiftAppens (a 48-hour programming and entrepreneurship competition where teams collaborate to develop innovative technology projects). Our CTF event will challenge participants with cybersecurity scenarios, enhancing their skills in ethical hacking, vulnerability analysis, and security problem-solving. The event will feature challenges of varying difficulty levels, for both beginners and experienced participants. Additionally, we will provide a dedicated training environment with a series of guided challenges, accompanied by step-by-step tutorials.

Since this event requires a complex infrastructure to support multiple teams simultaneously, we are organizing a trial event to test the platform and identify potential issues. We invite/ask you to participate in this trial, helping us test and improve the event.

Join Our Cybersecurity CTF Trial Challenge

We’re hosting a Capture The Flag (CTF) Trial Challenge, a warm-up event leading to the main CTF competition that will be co-located at ShiftAppens! This event is important to test the resilience and security of the infrastructure, and while the set of challenges will be limited compared to the main event, it is still an opportunity to test your hacking skills.

Event Details:

What? A cybersecurity CTF trial challenge featuring a variety of challenges
When and where? April 4 at 14:00 in E5.5/5.6@DEI (but the system will be available until April 6 on-premises&remote)
Who can participate? Open to all cybersecurity enthusiasts @DEI

How to Join?

Register here until the 2nd of April (this is mandatory, to prepare the machines for the trial) in this link. *
Join our Discord for updates and discussions.
Bring your own computer

* NOTE: The registration is individual, but the event works based on teams; you can indicate your team in the form. However, if you don’t have a team you can still participate, we’ll organize individual participants into teams in the kickoff.