It was October again, Cybersecurity Awareness Month again. Just like last year, we participated in the Huntress CTF, which runs throughout the month. Here’s how the CTF is described: For this specific Capture the Flag competition, we hope to offer hands-on and practical exercises based around malware analysis, digital forensics and incident response, threat hunting or cyber threat intelligence, and general security. We will be releasing new challenges for you to play every single day throughout the month of October.…

It’s about time this blog explored some new areas of cyber security. We think it could be fun to dive into the topic of IoT and hardware hacking. So what the hell is IoT. Well if you are reading this my guess is that you already have a good idea but this is what wikipedia says: Internet of things (IoT) describes devices with sensors, processing ability, software and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communication networks.…

This blog is usually about technical matters within the cyber security arena. But now and then I feel like sharing nontechnical stuff that still matters within this context. Now is one of these times. I recently attended the Swedish conference Security Fest and thought Id share my impressions. I have covered Security Fest back in 2022 when I did a post about some of the major conferences abroad and in Sweden.…

On the 8:e mars 2024 the qulifiers for Säkerhets-SM took place. The CTF is described like this: Säkerhets-SM is a national Capture The Flag competition for high school students. The competition focuses on problem-solving in the areas of programming, cryptography, binary exploitation, reverse engineering, web security, and forensics. The tasks range from beginner-friendly to quite challenging, so even if you have never participated in a CTF before, you can still take part.…