VTCC Cyber Team

This weekend: The VTCC Cyber Team placed 22/141 teams in the Department of Energy’s CyberForce CTF. Participants included other top name universities, industry professionals and security researchers in a hybrid environment in St. Charles, Illinois.

The competition included defending a set of Industrial Control Systems in a virtualized environment from a live red team while answering anomalies/CTF questions. We look forward to participating again next year.

It is Cyber Tech Tip Tuesday, everyone! Want to know information about a specific network? Have you ever tried the nmap tool, because you need to!

nmap, which stands for Network Mapper, will scan an IP address for running services on open ports, OS system versions, service versions, and much more. Why would you want this information? Well, especially for reconnaissance, simply knowing what operating system and service versions can determine if a network has a vulnerability to be exploited. If your service version isn’t up to date, there could be a previous hole that you haven’t updated on your network yet! Use this for Ethical Hacking or Red Teaming your own or someone else's network (with their permission!) Also, don’t just go around scanning any and every network, it is a legal grey area to do so! Only do it with authorized access or on your networks.