About ZenHack
ZenHack is a Zena-based CTF & cybersecurity Team founded in 2017 by a group of students and researchers interested in cybersecurity.
The team is located in Genoa (Genova in Italian), Italy, and is hosted by the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering (DIBRIS) of the University of Genoa.
Our name comes from Zêna, the dialectial name of Genoa, and our logo is inspired by the colors of the ZX Spectrum.
Our goal is to foster the development of technical and practical skills in cybersecurity and to spread our knowledge inside and outside the team. To achieve this goal we participate as a Team in CTFs, we take part in conferences and we organize annual seminar cycles for university students. For such training activities on ethical hacking we coined the name ZenHackAdemy.
As ZenHack we also organize the local lessons and laboratories for CyberChallenge.IT: the national training program in cybersecurity for highschool and university students.
If you want to get in touch with us you can write us an email at info@zenhack.team or through one of our social networks below.
The faculty point of contact is Alessandro Armando (Computer Security Laboratory).
About CTFs
Capture-The-Flags (better known as CTFs) are competitions where hackers have to solve cybersecurity problems (jeopardy style) and/or capture and defend computer systems (attack-defense style). These competitions consist of a series of challenges that vary in their degree of difficulty, and that require participants to exercise different skillsets to solve.
"Flags" are bits of data that prove you have completed a given task. Players can be lone wolves who attempt the various challenges by themselves, or they can work with others to attempt to score the highest number of points as a team. CTF events are usually timed, and the points are totaled once the time has expired. The winning player/team will be the one that secured the highest score.
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- ZenHack, il team di cybersecurity di UniGe, vince la Cyber Battle of the Emirates
- Leonardo-UniGe Cybersecurity Scholarship Program
- Capture the Flag! Gli studenti del nostro Ateneo si sfidano sulla Cybersecurity
- Cyberchallenge.IT: UniGe prepara gli esperti in sicurezza informatica
- Il Secolo XIX - Genova, l’Università cerca “cacciatori” di hacker per la Nazionale