Meeting List
Previous Meetings
September 8, 2025
High level languages such as Java, C++, or Python provide convenient abstractions, but how do computer programs really operate? Join us in an activity to learn some basics of assembly programming and machine language.
May 7, 2025
For our final meeting of the semester, we'll be hosting another game night. Feel free to drop by if you want to join in or chat about cybsersecurity.
April 23, 2025
This week, Hashdump will be hosting a game night. Additionally, if you're interested in taking a role within Hashdump, we will hold elections at the end of the meeting to select officers for the next school year.
April 9, 2025
Join Hashdump as we mess around with a variety of low-frequency and high-frequency RFID chips using the Proxmark 3! This meeting is intended to be a learning experience for all, so please come if you are interested. While supplies last, we will also have several types of RFID chips to give out to attendees.
March 26, 2025
We'll play an online activity to demonstrate the basics of Git branches, which are an important tool for managing your code changes when using version control.
March 12, 2025
We'll give a presentation about onion routing, the anonymous, encrypted communication technology that underpins the Tor network.
February 26, 2025
Autumn will give a presentation on post-quantum cryptography. Because encryption is used widely to ensure integrity and confidentiality of data, quantum-resistant encryption algorithms will become critical to ensure continued security as quantum computing progresses.
February 11, 2025
Hashdump President Autumn will discuss the Log4Shell vulnerability, which allowed attackers to perform remote code execution against a large number of Java-based applications.
January 28, 2025
For our first meeting of the semester, we'll play the OverTheWire Natas wargame, which tasks players to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in a web application.
December 4th, 2024
Hashdump will meet once more as the semester draws to a close. We'll give an overview of disk encryption tools, including a brief look at the LUKS standard on Linux.
November 20th, 2024
We'll play the Krypton wargame from OverTheWire, which will task us with decrypting various ciphers to solve a series of challenges. Additionally, guest speaker Evan Anspach will give a short presentation on the Department of Defense Cyber Service Academy scholarship.
November 6th, 2024
Guest speaker Griffin Opp is a security engineer at Workiva and is responsible for conducting their technical interviews and reviewing resumes this year. He will be going over the interview process and do some resume workshopping! He is also planning to bring in some DEF CON stickers for those who are interested!
October 23rd, 2024
Autumn will highlight some of the purposes of VPNs, why we use them, what they are good for, and what they aren't good for. Additionally, they'll take a look at some commercial VPN providers and where their claims fall short.
October 9th, 2024
Eli will give a presentation on the XZ Utils backdoor, which was discovered in multiple Linux distributions this March and allowed remote attackers to control servers running OpenSSH.
September 25th, 2024
Join Hashdump as we play the Bandit wargame by OverTheWire. We'll practice command-line skills in Linux and work to obtain hidden passwords from a remote server.
September 11th, 2024
Autumn will discuss the core mechanisms of two-factor authentication, such as HOTP, TOTP, and FIDO (WebAuthn). In addition, they'll share some of its shortcomings and how it can be improved.
August 28th, 2024
Hashdump returns for our first meeting of the school year! Everett will discuss common exploits affecting large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Afterward, we will try to extract hidden information from an LLM in the online Gandalf activity.
April 3rd, 2024
Our glorious emperor Dr. Gersch will be giving a talk. About what? No one knows! Show up and find out!
March 27th, 2024
This week we'll take a break and have a game night! Feel free to bring any games you want to play.
March 20th, 2024
Enzo will demonstrate how to reconstruct phone calls from captured packets in Wireshark.
March 6th, 2024
Guest speaker Jeff Dean will return to a presentation on how to become a software engineer!
February 28th, 2024
For this meeting, we will revisit the Bandit wargames from the first meeting and practice some more ssh-based attacking!
February 21th, 2024
For this meeting Eric will demonstrate rubber duckies!
February 14th, 2024
This week we'll take a break and have a game night! Feel free to bring any games you want to play.
February 7th, 2024
We will have a presentation on the basics of quantum computing and Shor's Algorithm.
January 31st, 2024
For this meeting Enzo will lead us through coding the attiny85 microchip to execute malicious code.
January 24th, 2024
For this meeting, we will be playing the Bandit wargame. Woohoo!
November 1st, 2023
The one and only slightly terrifying Dr. Gersch will be presenting on the security benefits of using the Rust programming language.
October 25th, 2023
We will use tools like nmap and dirbuster to scan for vulnerabilities in a server, in the process extracting information about a hidden file.
October 18th, 2023
For this meeting we'll watch a compilation of NetworkChuck videos focusing on the dark web ... as it is illegal to run that meeting ourselves.
October 11th, 2023
For this meeting we'll have a guest speaker tell us all about pentesting, with tips for how to get into the industry!
October 4th, 2023
Enzo will present on fun, useful, and occasionally quite strange Linux commands!
September 27th, 2023
For this meeting we'll have a guest speaker presenting on malware analysis!
September 20th, 2023
Take a break from studying with a game night and pizza!
September 13th, 2023
Building on the previous meeting, we will present an interactive phishing activity where we try to phish one another.
September 6th, 2023
Revered treasurer Eric Martin will give a presentation about phishing strategies!
August 30th, 2023
Welcome back to a new year! For our first meeting we'll do a general introduction to the club and play around with a CTF.
April 27th, 2023
Become a officer in Hashdump! Come participate in our officer elections! We will conclude with a guest presentation from well known cyber security specialist Sangameswaran Iyer Manikkayam.
April 20th, 2023
Workforce and Early Career Workshop ... you're gonna learn how to career!! Hope to see you there!
April 13th, 2023
We will have a wonderful time watching a documentary about Bill Gates doing stuff, including mowing his lawn in a threatening manner! - Chloe Hesskamp
April 6th, 2023
Dr. Gersch and Dr. Haefner will give a presentation on how to use ChatGPT to target victims and speed up your hacking.
March 23rd, 2023
In this presentation, Vice President Chloe Hesskamp gave a talk on Post Quantum Cryptography, which is the super interesting math behind cryptography algorithms and how they are affected by quantum computing.
March 2nd, 2023
Join us in this joint meeting with ACM and ACM-W for a panel of professors answering CS-type questions - all while eating increasingly hotter wings.
February 23rd, 2023
Guest speaker Chris Ellis from Raytheon gives a talk about networking, protocol reversing, and Wireshark!
February 15th, 2023
In this meeting our great friends at Women in Cyber Security take professional headshots. All are welcome!
February 9nd, 2023
Treasurer Eric Martin demos the 'Rubby Ducky', a USB stick that acts like a keyboard.
February 2nd, 2023
Hashdump officer Britta will be introducing CTFs, or Capture the Flag Challenges!
January 26th, 2023
Welcome to the Spring semester! We will be hosting a game night in CSB 130!
November 17th, 2022
We will be exploring the math behind cryptography and cybersecurity with Hashdump vice president Chloe.
November 10th, 2022
Dr. Gersch will be giving a presentation about Blockchain, don't miss it!
November 3rd, 2022
Join us for Hashdump game night to play a variety of board, card, and other weird games!
October 27th, 2022
A representative from Ratheon will be holding a presentation behind the security and defense of their technology and instrastructure.
October 20th, 2022
HP will be giving a presentation and holding a panel for all things general technology and security focused topics!
October 6th, 2022
Multi factor authentication is becomming more commonplace for online accounts and has been established internally at almost every company that prioritizes security. How does it work and how can it be effectively implemented?
September 29th, 2022
Plante Moran is an auditing, tax, and business management firm, and their security professionals are here to show how they keep that all secure!
September 22nd, 2022
We will be exploring several examples of tamper evident devices and their use in and out of cybersecurity.
September 15th, 2022
PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC is the second largest provider of professional services in the world! They manage and provide services such as auditing, accounting and human resources for various industries such as insurance or aerospace. Join us for their presentation of how they manage all of this from a cybersecurity standpoint!
September 8th, 2022
This week Hashdump president Enzo Barrett will be showing useful Unix commands, a subject not usually taught in school but defintely useful!
September 1st, 2022
Join us for Hashdump's first meeting of the 2022 Fall semester! We will discuss what activities you can look forward to in the coming weeks as well as demoing CTF challenges!
April 21st, 2022
See you next week for a game night and officer elections!
April 14th, 2022
This week we will be doing a brief introduction of officer duties in preparation for the coming election followed by a talk on hacking ATMS. There will be free pizza!.
April 7th, 2022
This week Jack will be doing a live malware demo! Whether the malware will escape and take over the entire university remains to be seen.
March 31st, 2022
This week we will be discussing some of the math involved in common cryptography, including some quantum-resistant algorithms!
March 24th, 2022
Hashdump is joining with ACM-W to interview professors while they attempt to eat progessively hotter wings! There will be free pizza and drinks provided.
March 10th, 2022
The fantastic Dr. Gersch will be giving a presentation on the basics of quantum computing.
March 3rd, 2022
We will be engaging in a standard Hashdump midterm game night. There will be free pizza!
February 24th, 2022
For this meeting, we'll be doing an online CTF competition! After going through several challenges together, we will split into teams to compete for a very high-quality and not-cheap prize.
February 17th, 2022
We will be watching a documentary about Cicada 3301, an alleged organization that published 3 cybersecurity puzzles several years ago. There will be free pizza / soda!
February 10th, 2022
Hashdump president Jack will be going over several features of Kali Linux, including the (usually legal) nmap, metasploit, and hydra tools.
February 3rd, 2022
Welcome back! For our first meeting of the new semester, we'll do a brief club introduction before trying out some simple CTF challenges.
December 9th, 2021
For our last meeting of the semester, we will be having a pizza / game night!
December 2nd, 2021
Guest speaker Jeff Dean will be returning to give a workshop on Kubernetes!
November 18th, 2021
The one and only Dr. Gersch will be giving a presentation on using DNS to write secure code.
November 11th, 2021
The regular Hashdump meeting has been cancelled for this week to allow for the CyberForce competition team to prepare.
November 4th, 2021
Hashdump Officer Enzo will be running a demo on how to secure Linux servers! There will be DigitalOcean Debian servers set up for attendees to secure.
October 28th, 2021
In an effort to promote everyone surviving their midterms, we will be hosting a pizza / game night!
October 21st, 2021
Guest speaker Jeff Dean from Upslope.io will be joining us to talk about adding security to your CI/CD pipeline, kubernetes hardening, and other OWASP development security concerns.
October 14th, 2021
As a special presentation for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Hashdump President Jack will be giving a presentation on social engineering! There will be pizza and a competition to (ethically) phish other participants.
October 7th, 2021
For this meeting, we will make accounts for TryHackMe and run through several of their challenges!
September 30th, 2021
Hashdump Officer Enzo will give a presentation on virtual machines and lead attendees in downloading / using their own.
September 23rd, 2021
For this meeting, we will assign participants roles in a fictional company and play out various responses to 6 different cyberthreats.
September 16th, 2021
For this meeting, we will watch a DEF CON video on tamper evident devices!
September 9th, 2021
For our first meeting this semester, we will discuss what the club will look like this year and demonstrate a few CTF challenges!
April 1st, 2021
For this meeting, we will be playing Family Feud, featuring topics surrounding cybersecurity.
March 18th, 2021
For this meeting, we will be playing the Natas Wargame, from the same creators as SSH Bandit, this wargame focuses on serverside web-security.
March 11th, 2021
For this meeting, we will be playing Jeopardy and Scribbl.io, featuring topics surrounding cybersecurity.
February 25th, 2021
For this meeting, We will be playing the 24/7 CTF.
February 18th, 2021
For this meeting, Hashdump Secretary Jack Soveriegn will be giving a presentation on AI in the context of cybersecurity.
February 4th, 2021
For this meeting, Hashdump President Pierce Smith will be demonstrating exploits against the Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA)
January 28th, 2021
Welcome back! For this meeting we will go through introductory slides, followed by a DEF CON talk on airplane/drone cybersecurity.
December 10th, 2020
For this meeting we will have a guest speaker from GitHub, Software Engineer Robert Reichel, talking about Threat Modeling.
December 3rd, 2020
As the semester winds down so will we, for this meeting we will simply be playing Jackbox party games
November 19th, 2020
Hashdump President Pierce Smith will be demonstrating methods for recovering deleted data from disk images
November 12th, 2020
Hashdump Treasurer Enzo Barret will be giving a presentation on Google's Kubernetes software and Docker security
November 5th, 2020
For this meeting we will be using Wireshark to find pumpkins hidden within a pcap file
October 29th, 2020
Hashdump Secretary Jack will be giving a presentation on social engineering attacks with a focus on phishing, followed by an activity where we will try to phish other members.
October 22nd, 2020
We will be watching the Youtube channel Great Big Story's documentary on the organization 3301's Cicada challenge.
October 15th, 2020
We will be giving a presentation for Cybersecurity Awareness Month titled, "Pass the Hash: A Discerning Guide to How (and How Not) to Use Passwords" over Zoom
October 8th, 2020
Hashdump System Admin Britta will be running through IBM's cyber breach simulation game, Cybersecurity Ops: Terminal
October 1st, 2020
Hashdump President Pierce Smith will be running a demonstration of how varieties of malware affect computers.
September 17th, 2020
Join us for a discussion about deepfakes - what they are, their ethical implications, and how we can use technology to both create and possibly detect them. Later in the meeting, we will be holding officer elections, so if you'd like to help take the reins of the club and steer its future, please apply! (More detailed information on this soon)
September 10th, 2020
Virtual machines are common and useful tools in all areas of comptuer science - but especially cybersecurity, since they aid greatly in everything from analysis to research to experimentation. At this meeting we will walk through how to set up your very own security-focused virutal machine, running either Kali or Parrot Linux (whic you may even use in future meetings!) Be sure to follow the links below to download the setup files for Parrot or Kali Linux before the meeting.
September 3rd, 2020
Hashdump is back! Join us for a quick re-introductory meeting, where we briefly discuss the club and go over a few simple hack the box challenges... as well as try some ourselves!
April 14th, 2020
Kali Linux is loved by pentesters, CTF participants, and general security enthusiasts alike for its diverse and powerful range of tools. But there are so many of them! What are they for? How can we use them? Will any of them help me make the perfect mac-n-cheese? We will attempt to answer at least two of those questions in this meeting! Come on by our Discord server to participate.
April 7th, 2020
Hashdump Officers Addie and Griffin will be demonstrating some CTF puzzles they recently tackled with Vitamin G. Come join us on our shiny new Discord server for the presentation. Hope to see you there!
March 31st, 2020
For our glorius return to meetings, Hashdump Officer Casey will be introducing us to an exciting new family of malware that takes advantage of exploits in the HTTP/2 protocol. Remember not to show up to the CSB! Join us on Slack instead to hang out with us and see his video presentation at a CDC-approved distance.
March 10th, 2020
In this meeting, fellow CSU cybersecurity enthusiasts Kryptsec will be stopping by to give a guest presentation! This one will be all about wireshark; how to use it effectively and all of the wonderful/terrifying things it is capable of. Drop by and learn how to hone your digital forensic skills!
March 3rd, 2020
Do you feel safe driving down the road in your sixteen-wheeler semi? Well you shouldn't! CSU's own Dr. Jeremy Daily will by stopping by the Hashdump meeting room to introduce the physical and cyber aspects of securing heavy vehicles from theft and vandalism. Never again will your dense slab not be on lockdown. Pizza will be provided!
February 25th, 2020
Want to get involved with Capture the Flag? Vitamin G, a CTF team here at CSU, will be dropping by to give a presentation on what CTFs are and some simple-to-difficult puzzles they've faced in actual CTFs - as well as extending their memebership to those who'd like to join in the quest to defeat these cybersecurity challenges.
February 18th, 2020
The best way to achieve security online is to unplug your computer from the Internet. But what if you don't want to do that? Hashdump Officer Gus will be showing us some generally-applicable tips to stay safe while surfing the net without needing to toss your laptop and/or desktop machine into a dumpster fire.
February 11th, 2020
Ever wanted your own vulnerable web server to practice techniques like SQL injection and XSS? No? Too bad! Hashdump Officer Griffin will be showing us how to set up this intentionally poorly-designed web application and walking us through some simple exploits you can use to pwn it. For real this time, we promise.
February 4th, 2020
Phishing is one of the most common and notorious examples of social engineering. In this presentation, Hashdump Officers Addie and Pierce will be showing off the techniques, both sophisticated and crude, that these cyber-anglers use to reel in their targets. Was that password reset email really from your bank? Are you really on the Hashdump website right now?
January 28th, 2020
We're back! Join us for a quick officer re-introduction and another go at Google's wonderful Beginner's Quest CTF. Don't forget your computer (hacking is difficult on a phone)!
December 10th, 2019
It's the end of the year, so you know what that means - cyber party! Eat pizza, play SNES games, and just generally do nothing important for the next hour or so.
December 3rd, 2019
RFID is everywhere, from your credit cards to your passports and even your pets. This meeting will show firsthand what security concerns our use of RFID creates, and whether or not you want to gather all of your RFID-enabled items and throw them into Mount Doom (spoiler: you probably don't).
November 19th, 2019
Enjoy complimentary pizza while you listen to our Jordan Peterson rant about passwords, from best practices for users to the cracking tehcniques you can use to break them!
November 12th, 2019
Be careful! This innocuous flash-drive-looking thing is actually a keystroke injection tool that can do a whole number of malicious things to any unsuspecting machine. How does it work? What can you use it for? Does it even work? We'll find out together in this workshop.
- Hackernoon Instructions
- Linux Video Tutorial
- Linux Troubleshooting Info
- Micronucleus Bootloader Upgrade
November 5th, 2019
The fantastic Dr. Gersch will be enlightening us all on the wonders and dangers of a fast-approaching technological breakthrough - quantum computing. Learn about what it is and how it threatens to change our perception of cybersecurity while you enjoy some complimentary free pizza!
October 22nd, 2019
Kali Linux is a household name in the world of cybersecurity, and for good reason. Bring your laptops and you'll have a chance to try this ethical hacking and pentesting-focused Linux distro on your own computer via a Live USB provided by us! Or at least bring an appetite for free pizza, since we've got that too!
October 15th, 2019
Think you can Hack this Box? Hashdump Officer Addie will be letting us loose on a series of a pentesting challenges hosted by Hack the Box, which will test your skills and expand your cyber-defense knowledge. Bring your favorite laptop and/or computer-equipped buddy!
October 8th, 2019
Join us for an hour of hacker-themed board games, classic Nintendo emulators, and stuffing free pizza into your face! Batteries not included.
October 1st, 2019
Hashdump Officer Addie will be demonstrating some uses of Wireshark, a very powerful, widely-used network analysis tool. Be sure to bring a computer, as you'll have the opportunity to experiment with this software firsthand!
September 24th, 2019
Hashdump Officer Griffin will be intoducing us to and letting us play with the Damn Vulnerable Web App, an intentionally vulnerable PHP/MySQL web application made for safe penetration testing! We'll have pizza for you to enjoy as you test and grow your (ethical) hacker skills.
September 17th, 2019
Hashdump Officer Pierce will be giving a short presentation on some basics of encryption, cryptography, and steganography. There will be activities, so be sure to bring a laptop!
- Online AES encryptor/decryptor
- Online RC4 encryptor/decryptor
- LSB Steganography Slide
- Nostradamus MD5 Attack
September 10th, 2019
Join us to learn about one of the Internet's greatest unsolved mysteries, Cicada 3301. Pizza will be provided!
September 3rd, 2019
Join us for the first Hashdump meeting of the semester! We'll kick things off with short officer introductions, and then play a game of Google's Beginner Quest CTF to give you a taste of what the club is all about. Bring a computer (or a friend with one!), and take note of the links below so you can follow along during the meeting.
May 7th, 2019
Join us for our end of the year party! We'll have food, fun, and jeopardy.
April 30th, 2019
Join us as we walk through the Google Beginners Quest CTF. We will also be watching some Def Con talks and having officer elections.
April 23rd, 2019
Join us for our second workshop where we will be programming Rubber Duckies that you get to take home with you.
April 16th, 2019
Vice president of Engineering at Secure 64, Amanda Constant, will be giving a talk about how Secure64 protects its clients.
April 9th, 2019
CSU is pushing cyber. Come listen to Jarret Flack talk about some of the security classes currently offered and some of the opportunities coming in the near future.
April 2nd, 2019
Hashdump Officer Sus will be showing us how to secure a website.
March 26th, 2019
Did you know you can hide data in pictures? Hashdump Officer Addie will be leading us through a steganography challenge.
March 12th, 2019
Join us for our first workshop! We will be building Kali Live USBs so that you can carry all of the security tools you need on your keychain.
March 5th, 2019
Hashdump Officer Addie will be giving a presentation on Wireshark. We will be meeting in the fish lab. CSB 325
Febuary 26th, 2019
Hashdump Officer Bruce will be giving a presentation on SQL injections and buffer overflows. Bring your laptops!
Febuary 19th, 2019
Day three of the RMCCDC practice. The Red and Blue team get to put what they learned into action.
Febuary 12th, 2019
- Google Chrome offers an extension to see if email and password combinations are secure
- 70% of all Microsoft security bugs are from memory issues due to coding in C and C++
- VFEmail mail infrastructure was completely destroyed
- Chinese company Tencent buys Reddit stock
Febuary 5th, 2019
January 29th, 2019
October 30th, 2018
We asked a fair amount of students… name a better way to spend Halloween Eve than playing Cyber Feud! Teams will compete to find out how fellow CSU students answered questions about cybersecurity. There will also be a cybersecurity costume contest – low effort is encouraged!
October 23rd, 2018
Noah Cain will be giving a demonstration on how to exploit and gain root access to a virtual machine!
October 16th, 2018
Here comes the ever popular lock picking session, but this time we will get into lock impressioning and general key cutting with Ben Say. (Bring tubular lock picks you have any)
October 9th, 2018
Hashdump officer Adam Smith will be giving a presentation on the exploits, security best practices, and pros/cons of virtual machines and containers.