The Cyber Security Student Club @Edge Hill University

Download Flyer (2022-23 SEM1)

Previous Sessions:

2021-22 SEM2

Pictures:

Some selected photos


Introduction

The Cyber Security Student (CSS) Club gathers (computer science) students at Edge Hill University who express strong interest in the field of cyber security. Members meet to expand their knowledge by discussing and solving practical exercises and problems in system and network security, to socialize, share ideas and in general, to have fun with others of similar interest. Members also prepare for Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions and creating practical ethical hacking exercises. The club was launched as part of the Cyber Security Research (CSR) Group in January 2022.


Club Members
Current Club Members (with their "hacker" nicknames)
Feb 2022 - Current
  • Viny2P0wn (leader/supervisor)
  • PhalanX (co-leader)
  • impflare (co-leader)
  • Knox
  • bluTac
  • Penguin
  • Phoenix
  • Hazinex
  • RoseThorn
  • R-301 Carbine
  • Blackzero
  • Desert Eagle
  • Patrik
  • Sentinel (53N71N3L)
  • pe4c3m4k3r
  • Ruda4D
  • NotaRobot
  • Michael
  • Sub0zero
  • Shellpown

Schedule
2022-23 Semester 1 (Theme: Hacking Basics Part 2)
19th October 2022

In this session we discussed together the web security related vulnerabilites and we used the Hydra tool to carry out password cracking against a login page designed for testing purposes. We managed to crack the webpage account and unathorisedly login the website.

2nd November 2022

Continue on the web seucrity issues, we carried out Man-in-the-middle attack using the Burp Suite. We attacked a vulnerable webshop designed for pentesting purpose, and hijacked the sessions and modified the shopping backets.

16th November 2022

Club members carried out bind shell and reverse shell attacks agains Linux and Windows targets. We learned how to use Netcat and Vsfvenom to create payloads for bind/reverse shell attack. We also talked about how reverse shell can bypass basic firewall protections.

30th November 2022

In this session, we came together to solve a vulnerable VM prepared for Capture the Flag purposes.

14th Decemeber 2022

We had our "Christmas hacking party" with pizzas, wedges and Christmas music :-). After wipping out the pizzas, we went back and bypassed some antivirus capabilities in Windows 10/11 to carry out reverse shell attacks. We managed to take control over a Windows 10 machine.

Interested??? Join us for more advanced hacking approaches and techniques in the upcoming semesters :-) ...