Security Summer School

From “Voodoo” to “You Do” via hex and fun.

Security Summer School is organized by the security community at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, supported by our industry partners: Keysight Technologies Romania (our main industry partner)

Find out more:

• website
• Discord
• GitHub

The 11th edition of Security Summer School focused on essential security topics, binary exploitation and web security takes place between June 23, 2024 and July 28, 2024 online (on Discord), with great support from Keysight (Ixia). For the CTFs you can be there in-person (and get pizza and goodies). Students will go through an in-depth tour of what it means to discover, successfully exploit and patch software and web vulnerabilities and develop the necessary skills and insights needed to embark on such an endeavor.

Content is available on GitHub.

Activities take place during two-three intensive training sessions per week, as well as two Capture the Flag (CTF) contests that are held mid-term and at the end of the summer school. The final CTF contest will be the highlight of the summer school and students will be able to showcase the skills they have learned and be awarded prizes offered by Ixia. We recommend that you take part in person at the CTFs, for good connection to your team mates, plus pizza and goodies.

Many thanks to Keysight Technologies Romania for their continued support and engagement.

In order to apply, you need to first solve a series of challenges hosted on CyberEdu platform. You will need an account created on this platform and to register to UPB tenant by accessing following link.

Follow instructions here. You need to solve challenges, submit flags and then submit README file and solution scripts for challenges together with your contact details in the registration form. You need to do this by Sunday, May 12, 2024, 11pm EEST (i.e. Romania time). Challenges are to be solved individually. Please use the same e-mail address when registering on the CTF platform and on the registration form.

We will then announce the selected participants and we'll start hacking, cracking and exploiting It's gonna be awesome!

Please check the Preparation page for tips on getting ready for the discussion and participation at the Security Summer School.

The Security Summer School takes place online, on Discord.

Activities take place two & three times a week, as shown in the schedule below.

Each session is highly practical: a presentation of a set of basic concepts (demo) followed by hands-on activities (tutorials and tasks).

The presentation will be recorded and made available on YouTube.

See the calendar.

• GitHub
• Wiki
• Facebook page
• Youtube
• Discord
• E-mail contact address

• UPB staff, students and graduates and security enthusiasts
  • Valentin Burduja
  • Răzvan Deaconescu
  • Carina Deaconu
  • Mihai Dumitru
  • Teodor Duțu
  • Cătălin Ioviță
  • Robert Ismană
  • Antonio Macovei
  • Gabi Mocanu
  • Adelin Popa
  • Rareș Visalom
  • Cristi Vijelie
  • Stefan Jumarea
  • Maria Sfiraiala

• Tudor Azoiței
• Liza Babu
• Ștefan Dascălu
• Robert Baronescu
• Adrian Bogatu
• Eusebiu Boghici
• Răzvan Buzatu
• Costin Carabaș
• Radu Caragea
• Radu Chișcariu
• Gabi Cîrlig
• Radu Codescu
• Adriana Cogean
• Lucian Cojocar
• Dragoș Comăneci
• Vlad Corneci
• Răzvan Crainea
• Vladimir Diaconescu
• Cristian Done
• Eduard Duinea
• Vlad Dumitrescu
• Dan Gioga
• Mihai Grigore
• Octavian Grigorescu
• Adrian Hada
• Tiberiu Lepădatu
• Darius Mihai
• Elena Mihăilescu
• Mihai Mihăilescu
• Lucian Mogoșanu
• Filip Munteanu
• Radu Nicolau
• Vlad Pașca
• Mihnea Petrescu
• Dennis Plosceanu
• Silviu Popescu
• Ștefania Popescu
• Irina Preșa
• Silvia Pripoae
• Arina Răileanu
• Laura Ruse
• Alexandra Săndulescu
• Mihai Vasilescu
• Mihai Țigănuș
• Sergiu Weisz
• Răzvan Ilișanu