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Hardware Hacking Village
Breakout Room: Camelia (See map)
When:
Day 1 (Fri) 18:30 - 22:00
Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 20:30
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
Hardware village with soldering irons to assemble your badge. Bring a micro USB cable to charge your badge and USB to TTL cable for badge hacking. Bring some for others, we know you have that box of cables in your closet, now is it's time!
If you are interested in volunteering to help, please email us at staff [at] cackalackycon.org
Capture The Flag
Breakout Room: Magnolia (See map)
When:
Day 1 (Fri) 18:30 - 22:00
Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 22:00
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
EverSec CTF is a Capture The Flag competition about the fictitious company Eversec who gets hacked and needs some friendly hacker help. Hosted by the EverSec crew, this CTF has been run at multiple cons over the years, including BSides RDU, BSides Asheville, BSides Charleston, and returning to CackalackyCon!
The Eversec CTF was founded in 2016 by @gabemarshall after being inspired by competing in the DerbyCon CTF. The CTF has always been a group effort, but is currently being developed by the following individuals: @gabemarshall @stevemyrick @jmacko @claytondorsey @doylersec @ch1kpee David B and @offsec_ginger
Lockpick Village
Breakout Room: Oak (See map)
When:
Day 1 (Fri) 18:30 - 22:00
Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 22:00
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
Oak City Locksport will be running a Lockpick Village. If you've never picked a lock and want to learn this is the place to start. If you're an intermediate or advanced picker and want to try something new, ask the Village staff because not everything we have may not be out!
OCL will have:
- Picking contests and games
- OCL Store: Progressive and re-pinnable locks will be available for sale along with a variety of picks and picking gear, swag, etc.
OCL is the RDU area locksport club, founded in 2010. We meet once a month to pick locks and share our projects. Find us on Meetup to attend a meeting.
Career Village
Breakout Room: Dogwood (See map)
When: Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 18:00
Looking for a job? Looking for an employee or new collegue? Need someone to take a look at your résumé and offer advice? Looking to network? This is the place.
Friday Night Party
Where: Hotel Bar
When: Fri After Talks
If you are interested in donation opportunities, please email us at staff [at] cackalackycon.org
Wireless Shoothouse
Breakout Room: Magnolia (See map)
When:
Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 22:00
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
GreenHat Solutions (GHS) presents a 802.11 (WiFi) Capture The Flag event.
Unlike many CTF’s, the Shoothouse provides an opportunity to conduct wireless penetration testing against various targets. While capturing the keys to access the wireless network will award points, the challenge doesn’t end there. Competitors will have the option to find additional flags; these flags will either require accessing the router user interface, the client devices, or the traffic between clients.Contestants will have the chance to train on or hone their skills with a vast arsenal of tools, and techniques to include:
Hashcat, JtR, Crunch, Cewl, most tools in the aircrack suite, hydra, medusa, mdk-3, pyrit, coWPAtty, nmap, wireshark, macchanger, Metasploit, ettercap
Cryptography Challenge
Conference Wide
Presented by Kiwi Discord: Kiwi#4393
Website, event rooms, and elsewhere. Lurk moar.
Chillout Space
Breakout Room: Camelia (See map)
When:
Day 1 (Fri) 18:30 - 22:00
Day 2 (Sat) 09:30 - 20:30
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
Lounge, network, take a break. Drop stickers or swag to swap at the table.
Crypto & Coffee
Breakout Room: LobbyCon aka Upper Courtyard (See map)
When: Saturday 9:00 - 11:00
Hodlers unite. Join us to learn about/discuss/buy/sell cryptocurrency. All your apes are belong to us if you bring them up.
(Crypto also means Cryptography like the crypto challenge! *wink*)
Hacker Trivia
Where: Main Talk Track (See map)
When: Day 2 (Sat) 21:00 - 22:00
Do you know a lot of random things about hacking or hackers? Let the games begin.
Saturday Night Party
Where: Hotel Bar and LobbyCon (See map)
When: Day 2 (Sat) After Talks/Events
Featuring Hacker Swan so wear the fanciest thing you're comfortable wearing for the fun of it.
Pitches in the Pool
Breakout Room: The Pool (See map)
When:
Day 1 (Fri) 13:00 - 20:00
Day 2 (Sat) 10:00 - 20:00
Day 3 (Sun) 10:00 - 11:30
Pitch your product, service, company, etc from the most exclusive speaking stage of the conference. Saturate the market, soak up leads, and make a big splash. There's no dry delivery in the pool track. Must be physically in the pool during the entire pitch. There will not be a schedule or guaranteed audience. Be considerate of other hotel guests that aren't here for the conference. Cackalacky Con does not endose anything pitched in the pool.