AFCEA Hackathon
19-20 October 2018, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
"HACK THE WHALE"
WHAT?
The hackathon revolved around Cyber Security, to enforce cyber defense and to develop new and competitive solutions in the Cyber security field.
Hack the whale was open to people of all ages and technical skills: from beginner to advanced. It consisted of a series of challenges that participants had to face.
The challenges were chosen among this categories:
1) "Casing the environment" techniques:
- footprinting;
- scanning;
- enumeration.
2) Attacking a vulnerable web application;
3) Escalating privileges on a hacked network node;
4) Showing how to "pwn" a node hosting a vulnerable database;
5) Showing how to use the most widely deployed hacking tools.
WHEN?
From Friday 19 October at 19:15 to Saturday 20 October at 20:00.
WHERE?
Location: Apple Developer Academy at the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy.
WHO?
Participants:
The hackathon was open to people of all ages and technical skills.
Organisers: AFCEA Naples Chapter
> Hackathon Technical-Scientific Committee
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Pierluigi Paganini
Link Campus University
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Francesco Castagna (Chair)
VP AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Francesco Palmieri
Unisa
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Aaron Visaggio
Unisannio
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Simon Pietro Romano
Unina
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> Hackathon Organisational Committee
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Dario Nicolella
President AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Antimo Angelino
Chair ICT commission OIN
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Pasquale Daponte
Member board
AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Michele Cortese
Member board
AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Silvia Ullo
Member board
AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Luca De Vito
Young President
AFCEA Naples Chapter
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Massimiliano Canestro
Secretary AFCEA
Naples Chapter
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Contacts:
For general questions: Francesco Castanga
For technical questions (including qualifying participants): Pierluigi Paganini
Location: Apple Developer Academy
Address:
University of Naples Federico II
Corso Protopisani, 70 CAP 80146
San Giovanni a Teduccio
Naples (Italy)

THANKS TO THE AFCEA HACKATHON SPONSORS!
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