HACKINT

Tom Hamlyn was kind enough to take pictures during the HACKINT 2012 competition which are posted below.  At the next AFCEA luncheon we’ll be presenting an award to each of the team members from Team TracerT for taking first place in the competition.  They were truly an awesome group and the AF is lucky to have such skilled operators.  More importantly they were humble and helped out the other teams’ members who were less trained when they ran into issues.  I’ve never seen that at a hacking competition before and was proud to have it happen amongst Air Force members.

Eric Trombly and I have been working hard to finalize the edits to the Fundamentals of Hacking class.  The next offering (already full) is August 4th and it will be one of the last times I teach the Fundamentals of Hacking class at Ramstein AB.  Eric has proven to be incredibly competent and passionate about teaching so he will be taking over the reins of the class at Ramstein which will allow the class to be taught more often.  I will take the class and be teaching around the Frankfurt area where I currently live.  Furthermore, I’m going to start working on a Forensics class now that the Fundamentals of Hacking class is at a solid state.

There are others who have approached HACKINT about becoming instructors and teaching the class at their location; very exciting!  We will be incorporating a new system at HACKINT where we have Assistant Instructors, Instructors and Lead Instructors.  An Assistant Instructor is someone who wants to volunteer/help out teaching alongside an Instructor.  After an Assistant Instructor teaches alongside an Instructor for a few classes they can become an Instructor and teach on their own.  A Lead Instructor is someone who develops/guides a course and how it is developed and carried on.  All along the way those who help teach at every level will (besides just doing good work for the future generation) be rewarded with professional references and resume building material from the HACKINT staff.

All in all we at HACKINT are very excited about the level of support not only from the Ramstein AB and AFCEA community but those who have reached out with support from outside our community.  Thanks again and all the best!

Setting up for HACKINT 2012

Team TracerT getting setup before the competition

Announcing the rules before the competition kicks off

Today Eric Trombly and I ran the HACKINT 2012 competition which was a king of the hill styled hacking competition. We were fortunate enough to host it at the Ramstein AB Tech Expo with the support of AFCEA Chapter 158 and its members.

The event went surprisingly smooth overall and we had three teams made of members from squadrons across the base.  The TracerT team came in first overall with Hacknots and Arp both coming in second place.

More details and pictures will come later including those from the awards ceremony which will occur at next month’s AFCEA Chapter 158 monthly luncheon.

There was also a lot of great support and interest in HACKINT and the classes we teach.  Eric and I are working on a way now to be able to offer more classes both at Ramstein AB and in the Frankfurt area. More details to come.

Overall I just want to thank everyone again for participating and helping out. The first year of anything is usually rough and I was expecting more trouble hosting the first HACKINT hacking competition, however it went very well because of the support received. Once again congrats to Team TracerT for winning this year’s competition!

Next week at the Ramstein AB AFCEA Technology Expo HACKINT will be hosting it’s first ever hacking challenge.  This year’s hacking challenge will focus on a King-of-the-Hill style competition where teams will compete for control of computers and servers for points.  The event will take place July 18th and at this point we have four teams from around the base competing.  Competitions like this not only encourage people to get involved and learn about cyber but also provide a legal way for hackers to showcase their skills.  If all goes well, fingers crossed, this will be a great event and I’m excited to be a part of it.  I want to thank all the members around Ramstein who have helped put this together and thank you to the teams who have signed up to compete.

More information to follow next week…

It’s good to see HACKINT get a little publicity from the Ramstein AB paper – Kaiserslautern American.  Capt Tom Hamlyn wrote up the article (thanks!) and submitted it.  As HACKINT goes forward I’m excited to see interest continue to grow.

To view the article please visit:

http://www.kaiserslauternamerican.com/article.php?i=19922