UQ Cyber Squad

Movie Night (WarGames 1893)! 🍿
Hello everyone, this week we will be watching the classic 1983 hit movie WarGames. Without spoilers, the movie is about a kid who hacks a military super computer, chaos ensues. Join us for pizza, drinks, and the inevitable *I’m in*’s.

Event info:
📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? 20th of May (Wednesday)
❓ What? WarGames (1983) movie night! 🍿
🍕 Pizza? Provided 🗿 (for members)

⚡ Lightning talks! ⚡
Hello everyone! This week we have some of our members prepared a talk for you all! They are ~10 minute talks on various different cyber related fields. Let us know (or fill out the form in our discord) if you would like to do a talk as well!

The talks happening so far:
- Rewriting my RISC-V emulator in Java!
- Shenanigans with VMs or Compilers
- Trent-likes: How to solve trem, how to make trem (GEOINT)
- Repurposing second-hand tech (with Linux, of course)

Event info:
📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? 13th of May (Wednesday)
❓ What? Lightning talks! ⚡
🍕 Pizza? Provided 🗿 (for members)

Hello everyone! This week we are going to have a cryptography workshop run by Numberri. We will look at RSA encryption and other related technologies!

Whether you're a complete beginner or already familiar with the basics, this workshop is a great opportunity to sharpen your mathematical intuition and learn how modern encryption works (and fails)!

Event info:
📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? May 6th (Wednesday)
❓ What? Crypto Workshop
🍕 Pizza is provided for members!

As always; make sure to bring your laptops (With Python Installed Ideally), we can't wait to see you there!

Inside the clanker brain with Joshua Scarsbrook

Hello everyone! This week we have a talk about vibe coding, agentic AI, and AI Architecture fundamentals. Given the direction of the industry, these are likely to be useful tools for us to be learning how to use. Josh will be taking us through many different aspects of the AI systems such as API costs, running it locally, and even the architecture behind LLM's.

Event info:
📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? April 29th (Wednesday)
❓ What? Inside the clanker brain
🍕 Pizza is provided for members!

Please bring along a laptop, computer, or AI capable toaster of your choice if you would like some help setting things up. Otherwise feel free to come along and enjoy the talk!

This Wednesday, we are proudly hosting a talk from one of the largest tech companies in the world, Atlassian! They will be imparting on us some wisdom about security in regards to their company. Atlassian is Australia's largest tech company, developing well known software such as Jira, Trello, and Bitbucket!

Are you passionate about building a safer digital world? Curious about how global tech companies protect their products and users? Join us for Security @ Atlassian, where you’ll discover exciting opportunities to kickstart your career in security!

Atlassian is a global leader in collaboration and productivity software, trusted by millions of users worldwide. Security is at the heart of everything they do, and their dedicated teams work tirelessly to keep their products and customers safe.

We’re excited to share that the event will be presented by someone who started their journey at Atlassian as an intern and grad, and has since grown their career within our security organisation. They’ll share their personal experiences, insights, and tips for making the most of your early career at Atlassian.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to take the next step, this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with Atlassian's team, ask questions, and explore how you can build your future with Atlassian Security!

📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? April 15th (Wednesday)
❓ What? Security @ Atlassian, presented by Atlassian!
🍕 Pizza? Provided (for members)

This is your reminder that our mid-sem meetup is tonight at 5:30pm. Karaoke will start at 7pm.

For those who have never visited Netherworld, it is a groovy retro-arcade themed bar in Fortitude Valley which also has many board-games available. It is an energetic environment and a lot of fun!

A ticket, purchased via Rubric includes a free drink, some shared snacks, and Karaoke at 7:00pm.

We hope to see you there.

# The funeral event for the beloved CSSE2310 Bomb
, We warmly invite you to join us in remembering and celebrating the CSSE2310 bomb, which has unfortunately been taken from us far too soon due to UQ’s new secured assessment policy 😭
**Please bring laptops** as we will be running a reverse engineering workshop in honour of our beloved 2310 A2.
to show respect to the bomb, **the server will now be in mourning**, with some further details on Wednesday.

Event info:
📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? April 1st (Wednesday)
❓ What? The funeral for the CSSE2310 Bomb (A reverse engineering workshop)
👕 Attire? Please dress in black, or dark colours. This will not be strictly enforced.
🍕 Pizza? Provided 🗿 (for members)

Pico CTF & CrikeyCon Raffle
Hello everyone! This week for our event we will be creating teams to compete in PicoCTF, which is very beginner friendly (Targeted at HS students). We will also be raffling of some tix for CrikeyCon, if your a member make sure to join the raffle [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUQk8khcNeTl2bU1Zk3wvHd1M5NC6hssXxGhS7c58uhhsZ6w/viewform)!

📍 Where? 32 - 215
🕒 When? 6pm - 8pm
📅 Date? March 11th (Wednesday)
❓ What? PicoCTF and raffle!
🍕 Pizza? Provided 🗿 (for members)

To get everyone into a team asap on the day, please fill out [this form](https://forms.gle/GnBpdVHUygACkitEA) before the event! We can’t wait to see you all there!