S4 is having it’s July meeting on the 29th at 6 PM. We’ll be going over securing SSH by editing it’s configuration file and by setting up Fail2ban.
See you on the 29th!
Sunday Wargame Wrapup
Well the dust has settled, and one winner has emerged. Out of all 5 players, only Steve Mandelbaum owned the box, and in under 2 hours. Players had to first identify the target server by scanning for available hosts and then using nmap to enumerate services. Then players had a choice between brute forcing the ssh service, or grabbing the passwd and shadow files from the anonymous FTP service, the latter resulting in a faster crack. After that, players needed to find the administrator of the system and use sudo to read the full passwd and shadow files. Finally, the root user could be cracked and full access would be granted.
We all had a good time, and I can’t wait for the next challenge!
S4 is meeting for the first time on June 10th at 6 PM, where we’ll be taking a look at a simple penetration test scenario.
Hope to see you there!
Pentesting Wargame On Sunday
Sunday, May 20th at 6 PM we’re hosting a pentesting wargame. Players will learn how to use common security tools such as Medusa, and John the Ripper, and identify server misconfigurations and administrative carelessness.
Come and join in on the fun! Bring a laptop!
Announcing New Security Group
We’re starting a new group at Hive 76 called “Scheduled Sunday Security Sessions” (an homage to PJ Santoro’s Monthly Monday Microcontroller Madness). S4 will focus on computer and electronic security. We’ll have demos and presentations on security related topics, as well as group penetration testing challenges each month.
The first meeting will be on June 10th, at 6 PM.
See you there!
Philadelphia Game Developer Collective March Meeting
It’s almost time for the first meeting of the Philadelphia Game Developer Collective. We’ll be discussing our ideas, projects. We will also be looking at the multiplatform game engine Unity.
Join us as we delve into the depths of games!
The meeting starts at 6 PM on March 4th (Sunday).
Philadelphia Star Trek Meetup March Meeting
Hailing frequencies… open…
It’s almost time again for the Philadelphia Star Trek Meetup Group.
We’ll be watching Journey to Bable (TOS), and Sarek (TNG), and then we’re following that with a Star Trek computer-aided live action roleplaying game. Bring a laptop if you can make it.
The meeting starts at 2 PM on March 3rd (Saturday).
Live long, and prosper.
Saturday Open House
We’re doing an additional open house every week now. If you can’t make it on Wednesdays, or if you’d like an additional day to come and check us out, we’ll be there every Saturday starting at 2 PM.
Stop by and check out our 3D printer, our plethora of games, or come just to hang out, and/or work on your own project ideas.
January Philadelphia Star Trek Meetup Wrap Up
The meetup was great, we had a blast!
We watched “The City on the Edge of Forever“, and then played Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator (with a Star Trek mod) 5 times. We faced many Klingon, Romulan, and Orion ships in battle. Special nod to Captain Johnston, the best captain of the night. Nods to Lieutenant-Commander Kalup, as she was able to warp us out of danger many a time; and to Mr. Williams, for keeping the photon torpedo bays hot and ready to fire.
Our next meetup will be Sunday, February 12th, where we’ll be having a double episode watch (TOS & TNG) and more of Artemis with the Star Trek mod.
I’m going to try and put together a crew for the next meetup, if you’re interested in joining Captain Johnston, Lieutenant Williams, Lieutenant-Commander Kalup, and I (Chief of Communications Toliaferro), please email me at “d.toliaferro@gmail.com”. We really need an engineering officer, and a science officer. Captain, helm and tactical applicants are ok too, because we can rotate people in and out.
Live long, and prosper
January Star Trek Meetup
Hailing frequencies, open…
Attention all Trekkies, Hive 76 is hosting another meetup for the Philadelphia Star Trek Meetup Group! We’ll be watching an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series and then taking part in an immersive starship bridge simulation, so bring your laptops!
The event is happening this Saturday (Jan 21st) at 5 PM. Sorry for the late notice, but if you can make it, please sign up to our meetup group and RSVP.
Boldly go where no one has gone before, with us!
Super Saturday!
This Saturday we’ll be having an open house at 2 PM, then onward from there we’ll be watching an episode of Game of Thrones, and playing Dungeons and Dragons as part of our new Geek Out event. Unfortunately for now, the game is limited to the first 4 participants, but if there’s enough interest we’ll be expanding soon enough.
Feel free to bring snacks and stop by for the fun!