CTF Radiooo
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCapture The Flag Radiooo is a cybersecurity podcast focused on CTF competitions. Hosted by adamd and Zardus, founding members of the Order of the Overflow, the organizers of DEF CON CTF from 2018–2021, the podcast will discuss all aspects of the CTF scene: organizing, playing, and the history of this game that we love.
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Episodes
016 - Live from DEF CON 31 CTF
August 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this unique episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chronicle their adventures while playing Nautilus Institute’s DEF CON 31 CTF, all the way from the Friday night before the CTF to early Monday morning leaving to catch a flight. Throughout this episode we talk about the CTF as we’re experiencing it (from a hot tub?!?!), and we catch up with several amazing people in the CTF community, including commentators, players, organizers, and winner...
015 - LiveCTF
August 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chat with psifertex, glenns, and negasora from LiveCTF! We talk about LiveCTF competitions in DEF CON CTF Finals 2022 and DEF CON CTF Quals 2023! We also chat about the history of LiveCTF, spectating CTF, the difficulty in creating a challenge at the appropriate difficult level for a spectated CTF, and more! Links psifertex’s sheet of DEF CON CTF pwnAdventure Pwny Racing RET2 Systems WarGame...
014 - Who's Exploit is it Anyway?
August 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chat about a challenging issue facing the CTF community: if someone finds or uses a 0-day vulnerability in a CTF, what happens? We talk about 0-days, 0-days in CTF, and the complications that arise. Links
013 - Chatting with r3kapig
July 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.8 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chat with anciety, atum, mmmxny, and crazyman of r3kapig: one half of the CTF team P1G BuT S4D! We talk about how the members got into CTFs, how the team gets new members, what is the culture of the team, why do we play CTFs, can we keep playing CTFs?, what makes a good CTF challenge, and (what else) pwn.college! Visit https://r3kapig.com/ to learn more about the team. Links Tweet re: CTF team...
012 - Chatting with Straw Hat
July 17, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes - 97.8 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chat with q7, publicqi, Yuhang Wu, and shiki7 of the CTF team Straw Hat! Links Tweet re: CTF team mergers Straw Hat website
011 - We're Back: DEF CON CTF Quals 2023
June 12, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus chat about keyboards, DEF CON CTF Quals 2023, CTF team mergers, and how Shellphish has qualified for DEF CON CTF for 20 years! Links Tweet re: CTF team mergers The infamous monitor
010 - Legit BS History with Dustin and Vito
November 12, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus are joined by special guests: Dustin and Vito from Legitimate Business Syndicate, hosts of DEF CON CTF from 2013–2017. We chat about how Dustin and Vito got into CTFs, their first CTF experience, how DEF CON CTF has changed, and their experiences hosting DEF CON CTF. Links DEF CON Call for Organizers Legitimate Business Syndicate LegitBS AMA
00F - OOO Retires!
October 19, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus talk about a major update: Order of the Overflow has retired from hosting DEF CON CTF, after four years at the helm. They talk about what it was like to host, and why YOU should consider hosting DEF CON CTF. Links DEF CON Call for Organizers
00E - Season Two Premiere
April 01, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus kick off the second season of CTF Radiooo. We reflect on the progress of pwn.college and the challenges of incentivizing students to find and exploit real bugs. Links pwn.college
00D - Season One Finale
December 02, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus recap the first “season” of CTF Radiooo (yes, we’re calling them seasons now). We reflect on a fun first season, discuss some of our favorite moments/episodes, and talk about future plans for the pod. Links CTF Player discord server, started by our friend ZetaTwo
00C - PPP History with Tyler, Tim, Jay, and Samuel
November 24, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus explore the misty origins of the Plaid Parliament of Pwning aka PPP along with many PPP captains: Tyler Nighswander, Tim Becker, Jay Bosamiya (our first repeat guest), and Samuel Kim. We dive into how everyone got into CTFs, how to maintain a CTF team, how to continue in CTFs, the shadowy PPP cabal, how PPP approaches CTFs, imposter syndrome, and everyone’s favorite PPP moment. At the end of the...
00B - Shellphish History with Giovanni, Chris, and Davide
November 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus dive into the murky background of the Shellphish CTF Team along with special guests: Giovanni Vigna, Christopher Kruegel, and Davide Balzarotti, founding members of Shellphish. We dive into how everyone got into CTFs, early DEF CON CTF and CTF memories, friendly rivalries with sk3wl 0f r00t, DEF CON CTF Rōnins, the myth of wkr, and why CTFs are important. Links wkr
00A - Education and CTFs with Fabian aka LiveOverflow
November 10, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus host a special guest: Fabian a.k.a. LiveOverflow to discuss the topic of Education and CTF. You may know LiveOverflow from his excellent YouTube videos. We discuss how Fabian got into CTFs, the history of the LiveOverflow name, how he got into streaming/creating scripted videos, and thhe role of CTFs in security education. Links Stripe CTF 2012, Fabian’s first CTF Smash the Stack Wargames Cyb...
009 - Pwny Racing and NorseCode with Carl aka ZetaTwo
November 03, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 37.9 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus host a special guest: ZetaTwo a.k.a. Carl to discuss Pwny Racing and NorseCode. We discuss how Carl got into CTFs, the history of Pwny Racing, the history of NorseCode, tips on casting a CTF, and how to create a superteam. Links Hackceler8 Rapid Fire Finals from 2016 b0bb, Pwny Racing challenge author Murmus, who challenged people to solve a CTF challenge on camera pwny racing at CSAW
008 - Live Episode
October 27, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this LIVE episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus go over listener comments and questions. Follow us on twitter and twitch to know about next live event. Links to Listener Comments/Questions BobF (aka Sensor Lock) on kenshoto creating Jeopardy-style CTF potetisensei on where king-of-the-hill orginated “Did you guys ever get a black badge?” - Trevor “What kind of modifications / changes to the world of CTFs are you expecting in the fut...
007 - DC 28 CTF Winners: A*0*E with Tianyi, Gengming, Hui Shin, and silver
October 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this extra-special episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus host the WINNERS of DC 28 CTF: A*0*E. From A*0*E we’re joined by Captain Gengming aka dmxcsnsbh, Vice-Captain Hui Shin aka septyem, Founder Tianyi aka Jackyxty, and DevOps silver! We discuss how everyone got into CTFs, the history of A*0*E (the short version is A*0*E = EEE ∪ AAA ∪ 0ops ∪ ******), DC 28 CTF, DC 26 madness (on adamd and Zardus’ side, including social engineering a p...
006 - Google CTF 2020 with sirdarckcat
October 13, 2020 15:00 - 53 minutes - 24.7 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus host a special guest: sirdarckcat a.k.a. Eduardo Vela to discuss Google CTF 2020. We discuss how sirdarckcat got into CTFs, the history of Google CTF, how Google CTF 2020 went, what happens behind the scenes of hosting a CTF, how to respond to issues in a CTF, and the need for organizers to share information. Links CSAW CTF ESPR (Eat Sleep pwn Repeat) iCTF WCTF: teams write challenges Googl...
005 - ropshipai with anton00b and Jay, Corwin, and Matt from PPP
October 06, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBYoutube Video of podcast In this episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus host a special guest: Antonio from the Order of the Overflow to talk about his DC 28 CTF challenge ropshipai! In addition, Jay, Corwin, and Matt from PPP join to talk about ropshipai and ropship from a player’s perspective! Together adamd, Zardus, Antonio, Jay, Corwin, and Matt discuss how they got into CTFs, Return-Oriented Programming, the ropships, DC 28 CTF, and how PPP prepares and plays in DC 28 CTF. Shownot...
004 - Founding of OOO and gameboooy DEF CON 28 CTF Challenge w/ Guest Jeff
September 29, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes - 26.7 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus host a special guest: Jeff! Together adamd, Zardus, and Jeff founded the Order of the Overflow, and they tell the story here. Next, we chat about the DEF CON 28 CTF challenge gameboooy, which Jeff wrote. gameboooy is a gameboy emulator with multiple modules, each of which operate one aspect of the emulator. Rather than patch the emulator itself, the patch strategy is to write a firewall that ins...
003 - nooode DEF CON 28 CTF Challenge w/ Guest kaptain
September 22, 2020 15:00 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo adamd and Zardus host their first guest: kaptain a.k.a. Alexandros Kapravelos to discuss the DEF CON 28 CTF challenge nooode. We discuss a bit about OOO, how kaptain got into CTFs, the design inspiration of nooode, CTF challenge philosophy, attack-defense private instances (and why they are necessary), stealth ports, how nooode went in DEF CON CTF, and lessons learned. Links Play nooode on archive.ooo Check ou...
002 - How to get into Capture the Flag (CTF)?
September 15, 2020 15:00 - 53 minutes - 24.7 MBUnfortunately, Zardus’ machine blew up after the first 16 minutes of recording (LINUX!), so we lost his good audio, and have to go with lower quality audio for the first 16 minutes. Sorry! Youtube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus answer the question that we get frequently: How to get into Capture the Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competitions? We tell our “orgin story” about how we both got into CTFs at UCSB and with Shellphish (Zardus’ is ...
001 - What is Capture the Flag (CTF)?
September 08, 2020 15:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBYoutube Video of podcast Shownotes and Links In this initial episode of CTF Radiooo, adamd and Zardus answer the question: What is Capture the Flag (CTF)? And no, we’re not talking about a physical in-person CTF, or a first-person shooter CTF (ala Quake or Unreal). We’re talking about the cybersecurity hacking competitions known as Capture the Flag, where hackers from around the world compete to solve security challenges and develop their security skills. Interesting Links to Explore: ...