The Club
Current Presentations
TJ Computer Security Club Meeting, October 2016
Officers
CSC's officers are elected yearly and are tasked with managing CSC, developing and presenting club lectures, and running TJCTF. Feel free to ask club officers any computer security-related questions you have!
Neil Thistlethwaite
President
Evan Shi
Chief Lecturer
Emily Quan
Treasurer
Omkar Kulkarni
Webmaster
James Frucht
Lecturer
Aneesh Kotnana
Lecturer
Hanna Xu
Lecturer
Schedule
Sockets and requests? This lecture focuses on programming interactions with them using trusty Python modules.
Intermediate
PresentationIntroduction to public-key vulnerabilities with your favorite cryptosystem: Rivest–Shamir–Adleman.
Intermediate
PresentationIntroduction to disk forensics with info on file metadata, file carving, zip file password cracking, and audio forensics.
Beginner
PresentationHow to effectively use Inspect Element and the basics of how websites work, including JS, PHP, and HTTP.
Beginner
Presentation Practice NatasThe bits and bytes of cryptography: an overview of modern encryption methods and how they work.
Intermediate
PresentationHow to use the Python terminal and write basic Python scripts -- intended as introduction to the language.
Beginner
PythonThe basics of using Linux from the command line, a prerequisite skill for numerous CTF tools.
Beginner
PresentationBrief introduction of the club, including an overview of topics and Capture the Flag competitions.
Beginner
Presentation IntroCTFCapture the Flag
Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions are fun, online computer security contests that often include problems ranging widely in category and difficulty. TJ CSC is proud to host one of the few high school managed CTFs in the country, TJCTF! Interested in getting started? Check out this year's introCTF and midCTF.
Practice introCTF midCTF TJCTF
TJCTF
Past and Upcoming High School CTFs
MITRE STEM CTF 2018
Date: April 20, 2018 (3:00 PM) - April 21, 2018 (3:00 PM)
Finished
PACTF 2018
Date: April 16, 2018 - April 30, 2018
Finished
RUSecure CTF 2018 Qualifying Round
Date: March 17, 2018 - March 31, 2018
Finished
angstromCTF 2018
Date: March 16, 2018 (8:00 PM) - March 21, 2018 (8:00 PM)
Finished
EasyCTF 2018
Date: February 9, 2018 - February 19, 2018
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 3 Sice Squad 5606 4 Ter Martirosyan 5606 8 extradit3d parser! 5356 79 not plad shirts 2216 127 ion 1536 128 TheJareBears 1506 132 Lamebots 1481 138 Wow 1441 297 UgandanKnuckles 841 538 Yutin 490 671 The P3nguins 391 723 01010111 01101001 01101110 360 946 Dan's Team 261 1032 Jurjito Burrito Support Group 230 1153 easyctf {0_0_F} 190 1187 oneperson 180 1272 xddd 160 1285 La Flame 150 1350 EndlessVoid 130 1364 ezcodez 121 1588 Uno 50 1670 turtles 20 1683 Neam Tame 20 1709 Coding Crew 10 RUSecure CTF 2017 Preliminary Round
Date: November 6, 2017 (9:00 AM) - December 9, 2017 (12:00 PM)
Finished
HSF 2017 Qualification Round
Date: September 22, 2017 - October 2, 2017
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 6 Parse It Up! 5881 30 Shwetark Patel 2206 70 Freshmen 1206 80 abacaxi 1126 84 bigPARSEME 1076 106 Blame Omkar 856 146 The P3nguins 466 155 SheHasBigParser 376 191 TJ Team 10 271 206 rm -rf / 196 226 tj123 116 235 Aneesh Kotnana 116 279 Karel.destroy() 46 332 fjkafhfeefaw 16 CSAW 2017 Qualification Competition
Date: September 15, 2017 - September 17, 2017
Finished
MITRE STEM CTF 2017
Date: September 15, 2017 - September 16, 2017
Finished
HSCTF 2017
Date: May 20, 2017 - May 27, 2017
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 2 parse it up 8850 17 phsst 5750 68 1 and 0nly 2450 330 Turner Burners 550 PACTF 2017
Date: April 16, 2017 - April 30, 2017
Finished
angstromCTF 2017
Date: April 22, 2017 - April 29, 2017
Finished
picoCTF 2017
Date: March 31, 2017 - April 14, 2017
Finished
RUSecure CTF 2017 Qualifying Round
Date: March 18, 2017 - April 1, 2017
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name 1 hungry hippos EasyCTF 2017
Date: March 13, 2017 - March 20, 2017
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 3 phsst 8455 23 EASYCTF IS MY ****** 5435 176 idk 1800 316 Script Adults 1080 331 whapplez_is_a_bot 1040 431 bts 770 469 Biggest Parser 680 892 TJ Smash 255 1159 I Don't Have a Team Name 140 1174 brownies 140 1278 Jellymelonwaterfish 110 1324 asdfjkl; 95 1509 sql_inj3ct3d 40 1533 sql_inj3ct10n 35 1549 SoumithGorillas 35 1753 Hackerman 10 1761 uh what's a good name 10 School CTF 2016
Date: November 6, 2016 (1:00 AM) - November 6, 2016 (9:00 AM)
Finished
RUSecure CTF 2016 Preliminary Round
Date: October 29, 2016 - November 12, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 1 hungry hippos 74467 2 The Deductive Fuzzyhashers 2.0 74467 5 jffknight 72967 CSAW HSF Quals 2016
Date: September 28, 2016 - October 8, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 4 µ's 4725 12 MegaMeta 4225 17 BandhiG 3825 26 The Deductive Fuzzyhashers 2.0 3825 30 hungry hippos 3725 40 SegFault 3275 163 Logger Turtles 800 256 Dark Army 275 295 DekaZane 175 328 I Don't Have A Team Name 125 373 JellyMellon 75 MITRE STEM CTF 2016
Date: September 16, 2016 - September 17, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 13 The Flying Penguins 510 ABCTF 2016
Date: July 15, 2016 - July 22, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 1 µ's 4505 106 Some Random Team 1645 288 hungry hippos 650 332 i try so hard but its still so small 490 412 wumbii 330 637 Blue 50 681 I Don't Have a Team Name 25 719 bunny 20 TJCTF 2016
Date: May 27, 2016 - May 30, 2016
Finished
PACTF 2016
Date: April 10, 2016 - May 1, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 12 TJ CSL 1871 sCTF 2016 Q1
Date: April 8, 2016 - April 15, 2016
Finished
CamsCTF 2016
Date: March 20, 2016 - March 27, 2016
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 1 µ's 9990 8 OM3G4 5193 11 TJ CSL 4588 85 swytch 755 113 hungry hippos 460 129 srossd 370 144 bunny 330 301 I Don't Have a Team Name 70 EasyCTF 2015
Date: October 31, 2015 - November 11, 2015
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 1 µ's 14250 2 not good at compute box 14250 9 Ryears 12275 10 sometaim i am cri 11825 60 The Men in Blackhats 6530 88 The Cones of Dunshire 5325 93 persona_non_grata 5100 112 sql_1nj3ct3D 4595 146 franklin_d_memes 3830 166 The Legend of The Rose 3445 175 Welcome to the Jam 3230 182 rlst 3175 218 DAMEJ 2785 265 ezpz 2255 403 Bunnycowsnoopyroo 1220 537 Just Another Team 750 555 EZCTF 715 picoCTF 2014
Date: October 27, 2014 - November 7, 2014
Finished
TJ ParticipantsRank Team Name Score 3 Raelly 6105 4 Shark Fins 6015 6 TJ CSL 5705 20 Cutie Mark Crusaders 4775 44 PCTFCP 3585 69 JAKEBAKE 3225 92 no weebs allowed 3105 109 pmRoom 2765 134 TJ DC 2390 140 0x0000023 2325 161 1337 Hackers 2180 214 #yolo 1830 241 FirstThingsFirstYOLO 1730 243 Hello 1730 301 qwefisveryreliable 1590 452 ARC 1220 474 TJGators 1180 478 The Nerd Herd 1170 540 ATJ 1040 547 NimboNoobulus 1030 558 TeamCSC 1010 836 DGlazeIt 730 853 tjcsc 720 908 BitChip 680 935 silentAssassins 660 1055 NNN 600 1091 Leftovers 570 1141 We_JUST_STARTED_NOV6 540 1146 jcotton42 530 1208 OttSM 500 1246 weeaboo 460 1360 Team Won 400 1510 HackBusters 320 1635 Kappa 280 2266 WizKids 150 2421 1383133 130 2579 goodbyeworld 100 2915 Arcrascent 50 3056 Nandroid 10
For a list of more difficult CTFs, you can check out CTF Time.
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