Crypto CTF - Crypto Cracking (Capture The Flag)

Peter Aaby and Charley Celice are two Security Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University. They have worked on multiple projects including the development of a mobile CTF unit for The Cyber Academy events, and training courses.The researchers have extensive knowledge of digital forensics, security testing, and cryptography.Peter Aaby (@aabydk)Peter has 6 years of experience setting up corporate and campus network infrastructure, during employment as an IT technician prior to his academic career. He then progressed to an IT Networking HND degree at Business Academy Aarhus in Denmark, where he was rewarded for his good fellowship amongst students, together with excellent grades for his final internship project at Bankdata 2014. Following this, Peter was accepted into 3rd year of the BEng (Hons) degree in Computer Security and Forensics at Edinburgh Napier University. Alongside his studies he has been simultaneously working on projects around the university’s Cyber Academy and cooperating on innovative ideas with SME’s. In early 2015 he displayed excellent understanding within Cipher-cracking while representing the university, by winning the “2015 Universally Challenge Cyber Security Competition”. Later Peter also appeared as an expert on the BBC Panorama’s episode “How Hackers Steal your Identity”, helping to devise a British Broadband website as a challenge to former criminal hackers. Peter is also the co-founder of ENU Cyber Security Society, with the core role of engaging students socially around academic topics such as penetration testing, hardware security and digital forensics.Charley Celice (@charleycelice)Charley is a Security Researcher at the Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking, and Security at Edinburgh Napier University, researching innovative ways of detecting and pro-actively countering malware and zero-day threats, with the ambition of becoming a world renowned expert in the field. He has been a student at Napier since 2010, and graduated with a 1st Class Honours degree in Computer Security and Digital forensics, followed by an MSc degree in Advanced Security and Forensics with Distinction. During this time, Charley has earned several awards, including Class Medals, as well as the prestigious "Edinburgh Napier University Student of the Year" prize in 2015. Participating in Capture the Flag (CTF) and Crypto type competitions is a thoroughly enjoyable way for him to improve his skills outside the academic and professional atmospheres, and resulted in several winning entries, including the GCHQ assessed Cyber Security Challenge UK "Universally Challenged" in February 2015 and the Raytheon CTF in January 2013, amongst others.

Peter Aaby and Charley Celice

<P>The Crypto conference will hold a crypto CTF (Capture The Flag) which will run from 9am to 1pm. There will be prizes and awards for the winner. Register your team here.</P>

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