UF Infosec Team (UFSIT)

?? Great Conversations at Our 2nd GBM! Last week, we had our second General Body Meeting of the semester. We had the privilege of hosting?Charles Carmakal?and?Lawrence Taub, PhD,?from?Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) as our guest speakers. They shared their insights on "The Cybersecurity Landscape and Careers", sparking great discussions and providing valuable perspectives on the industry. A huge thank you to both speakers for taking the time to share their knowledge and experiences with us! Thanks also to Prerit Pathak for organizing and to Florence Zhe Hu for capturing the event! #UF #UFSIT #CyberEducation #Cybersecurity #Mandiant #GoGators

Congrats to our blue team for qualifying to SECCDC regionals for the second time in a row! This year's team consists of: Alexander Christy (Captain) Naresh Panchal (Co-Captain) Benjamin Ruddy Barrantes Yuliang Huang Sasha Watanabe Nathan Padriga Evelyn Colon Andrey Nikitin

Our Red Team just came back from the 10th Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition in Rochester, NY, and took second place! ?? After placing first in their region, the team performed a retest of the fictitious company OuiCroissant and tested the security of web applications, Linux systems, Windows & Active Directory, LLMs, an Azure tenant, and the company's social engineering resilience by performing simulated phishing tests. After delivering a professional pentest report and presenting it to C-Suite executives, the team was also awarded the single best presentation slide in the competition for creativity and for being the only team to report on an Azure attack path! Congrats to the following team members! Ayden Colby - Captain, Web/Mobile Lead, AI Lead Adam Hassan - Point Person, Windows/AD Lead, Phishing Lead Yuliang Huang - Compliance Lead, Web Tristan Ratchev - Web Expert Avigail Laing - Linux Lead Daniel A. - Cloud Lead, Docker Congrats to the teams at Dakota State University and Penn State University for 1st and 3rd place! Thank you to the event hosts at Rochester Institute of Technology and to the organizers at Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC). Many thanks to the sponsors as well - especially Bob Kalka, CRISC, CDPSE, FAIR of IBM, and the many volunteers from Black Hills Information Security, Hurricane Labs, and others! #UF #UFSIT #CPTC #CyberFlorida #CyberEducation #Cybersecurity #Pentesting #IBM #BHIS #GoGators

This past weekend, our Red Team went to the Southeast Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) and took first place! The competition required teams to conduct a simulated penetration test for a fictitious company. During the competition, the team - which included Ayden Colby, Adam Hassan, Yuliang Huang, Tristan Ratchev, Avigail Laing, and Daniel A. - assessed the company's security by exploiting a wide variety of services over an 8-hour period. The team then spent the following 7 hours writing a 60+ page report identifying the state of the company's network, relevant findings, and possible mitigations and best practices the company could employ to improve its security. The team will continue to Globals in January. This year, the top three teams were all from Florida, with USF taking 2nd and UCF taking 3rd. Thanks to the regional hosts at Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center and Augusta University! As well as to the organizers at Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) and all sponsors! #UF #UFSIT #CPTC #CyberFlorida #GeorgiaCyber #CyberEducation #Cybersecurity #IBM #BHIS

University of Florida, You’re officially in for this year’s CyberForce Competition! We can’t wait to see what you bring to the table in November! #CyberForce1010 #SecuretheGold

A big shoutout to Nicholas Barnes for attending the UF Infosec Team (UFSIT) career fair for the third time! Thank you, Nick, for your continued support in recruiting and for consistently going above and beyond in representing Praetorian. #UFSIT #CyberSecurityCareers #Praetorian #UFInfoSec

?? Exciting Start to the Year for UFSIT! ?? Last week, we hosted our first General Body Meeting of the semester. With over 150 students in attendance, It was amazing to see such a strong turnout and enthusiasm for cybersecurity at UF??. Starting today, we’ll be diving deeper, with our Red Team, Blue Team, Capture the Flag (CTF) Team, and Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) chapter - all starting meetings this week. Whether you're new to cybersecurity or a seasoned pro, there’s a place for you to grow and challenge yourself in our community. Here are some of the upcoming meeting topics for our GBMs ????: 9/12: Intro to Linux 9/19: Android OS Internals 9/26: Intro to Side Channels 10/3: Consulting as a Career 10/10: Intro to Windows & Active Directory Learn more at our recently renovated website! https://ufsit.club #Cybersecurity #UFSIT #UF #RedTeam #BlueTeam #CTF #WiCyS #InfoSec

UFSIT's CTF Team just hosted its 4th CTF, SwampCTF! This year, we had an incredible turnout with 995 users and 611 teams registered. Each of the 32 challenges was written by current students and alumni! Special thanks to Vector 35 for providing us with prizes for the event and to Citrix for sponsoring our infrastructure! Also to Cole Smith, James Geiss, Adam Hassan, and many more for keeping the event running smoothly!