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CISPA x saarsec CTF Workshop

Written on 01.04.26 by Ben Stock

Hey all,

Have you heard about CTF competitions, but never played one?
You are looking to get your hands dirty, solve challenges, and try to hack?
Then the CTF workshop will be the perfect opportunity to start your CTF journey!

The local capture-the-flag (CTF) team saarsec in collaboration with… Read more

Hey all,

Have you heard about CTF competitions, but never played one?
You are looking to get your hands dirty, solve challenges, and try to hack?
Then the CTF workshop will be the perfect opportunity to start your CTF journey!

The local capture-the-flag (CTF) team saarsec in collaboration with CISPA is hosting a free workshop next week (Friday 10th until Sunday 12th of April).

## When?
April 10 - April 12

## What to expect?
- Practical sessions covering fundamental hacking techniques
- Many challenges waiting to be solved by you
- Meet other people interested in cybersecurity
- A full Jeopardy CTF amongst the participants on Sunday

## Requirements
- A laptop (a Linux-based OS is recommended)
- We will teach you everything you need to know (no course requirements, but having some experience in programming will help)

** no prior experience is needed** - just curiosity and enthusiasm!

## How to join?
Head over to https://workshop.saarsec.rocks (make sure to activate your account via the confirmation email)
We have to limit the number of participants to 42 on a first-come, first-served basis. So make sure you're quick.

Best regards,
CISPA x saarsec

Grading of all exams finished & exam inspection

Written on 17.10.25 by Ben Stock

We finished grading of all exams. For the exam inspection, this will be held in CISPA's main building (room TBD) on Tuesday, Oct 21, 13-15. 

You have to register your interest in joining the inspection until Monday noon at the latest by sending an email to stock@cispa.de 

Exam results for students taking the exam in Saarland

Written on 10.10.25 by Ben Stock

... are online now. We still have to finish those from TUDO, which will happen some time next week.

For the exam inspection, assume this will not happen before the second week of the semester.

Exam inspection at UdS

Written on 22.07.25 by Ben Stock

We plan to grade the exams at the latest by Friday morning. The exam inspection will be Friday, July 25, 13:00 to 14:30 (sharp!). We will not let new students in after 14:00 to ensure we finish on time.

Exam seating & FAU/TU Dortmund students

Written on 17.07.25 by Ben Stock

I have assigned the seats for the exam next week based on the LSF and CMS registrations. Please check your profile to see where you are seated.

For those of you who are students at FAU or TU Dortmund, I have unregistered you in the CMS, since this would have otherwise interfered with our seating… Read more

I have assigned the seats for the exam next week based on the LSF and CMS registrations. Please check your profile to see where you are seated.

For those of you who are students at FAU or TU Dortmund, I have unregistered you in the CMS, since this would have otherwise interfered with our seating assignment. Your respective university systems are what counts for the registration status.

Next week - two for one meeting time

Written on 11.06.25 by Ben Stock

Due to my travel in the first week of July, we have merged Code execution and assorted server-side issues into one live session, which will happen next week. Please prepare for both videos/lectures/quizzes.

Update: gameserver and challenges

Written on 29.04.25 by Ben Stock

We managed to recover the infrastructure late last night. All screecher instances have been rebooted and should (tm) be working again. 

Given the outage and public holiday on Thursday, we have extended all deadlines by 48h to Friday, 9am

Gameserver and challenges

Written on 28.04.25 by Ben Stock

Dear all,

due to a power outage today at CISPA's main building (and server room), the infrastructure for the lecture was affected. We have not yet recovered from this and will keep you posted about any developments. Once we know the extend of the downtime, we will extend the deadline accordingly.

Zoom for next week

Written on 17.04.25 by Florian Hantke

Dear all,

as Ben mentioned in the first lecture, the second lecture on April 23 will be held online via Zoom.

https://cispa-de.zoom-x.de/j/63756587163?pwd=KwGwwRXfgrj8ssjfk6x7H3hLGvv5kf.1

This is also a reminder to sign in to Gitlab by noon the same day!

See you online!

Cheers,
Florian

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