In order to train your skills before the CTF, we have arranged several workshops that will be held during the morning. These workshops will cover various topics in Cyber Security. For the current edition, you can choose between: Android hacking, ROP exploitation (memory corruption), and a web workshop by StudSec. All workshops will be held on-site. However, if you are unable to attend in person, please let us know and we can try to arrange a remote option (no promises).
StudSec
Josephine is a member of StudSec, a cyber security association located at VU University Amsterdam.
She is incredibly skilled, having won the Hack4Her competition trice, in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
She loves to be involved in the community and is regularly attending ICT-related events.
Asia is currently working at Microsoft as a Data center Technitian intern. She also volunteers at
#TheTalentClub, where she informs others about MBO studies, ICT, and cybersecurity topics.
She played in the Challenge The Cyber CTF last year as well, and got selected for the bootcamp due
to her performance.
In this workshop Josephine and Asia will teach you the basics of web hacking. You will learn how to
find and exploit common vulnerabilities in web applications.
This workshop is suitable for complete beginners. No prior experience is required at all.
Rick and Thijs are both ex-TeamNL CTF players from the Challenge The Cyber program.
Rick also participated in the International Cyber security Challenge (ICC) and is now working as a private researcher.
He has achieved various successes in the Pwn2Own competition.
Thijs created his first iOS app at just 11 years old and is now working at Zero IT lab. Whenever he is not working,
he is playing CTFs internationally.
In this workshop they will walk you through the basics of Android hacking. No previous knowledge on Android hacking
is required. However, participants are expected to know their way around a disassembler.
Experienced CTFers and participants who also were at Hack{h}erQuest2025 last year are encouraged choose this workshop.
If you are less experienced but would still like to attend, please send an email to:
hackherquest "at" gmail "dot" com
to discuss what is possible.
Lisanne is an ex-TeamNL CTF player from the Challenge The Cyber program. She also has some
work experience as a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst. She is currently doing an
internship at Cescalabs in hardware security as part of her master's degree.
Novi is the chair of Hack{h}erQuest. She recently finished her internship at Bureau
Veritas Cybersecurity, and will start her new job at Rabobank soon.
In this workshops Lisanne will give you an introduction into memory exploitation through
Return Oriented Programming (ROP). She will explain the basics and teach you how to build
a simple ROP chain.
This workshop is suitable for participants with basic Linux knowledge. No prior experience
with memory exploitation is required. Some CTF experience is recommended, but not necessary.
If you are less experienced but would still like to attend, please send an email to
hackherquest "at" gmail "dot" com
to discuss what is possible.
Josephine Dodde
@rdjgr