We implemented an LLM plugin and instrumented a decompiler to track everything:
function visits, renames, types, comments, and every LLM interaction.
48 participants (experts + novices) solved 2 CTF binaries
-> 109 hours of recorded reversing, all in-browser via @pwncollege.
function visits, renames, types, comments, and every LLM interaction.
48 participants (experts + novices) solved 2 CTF binaries
-> 109 hours of recorded reversing, all in-browser via @pwncollege.
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We implemented an LLM plugin and instrumented a decompiler to track everything:
function visits, renames, types, comments, and every LLM interaction.
48 participants (experts + novices) solved 2 CTF binaries
-> 109 hours of recorded reversing, all in-browser via @pwncollege.
function visits, renames, types, comments, and every LLM interaction.
48 participants (experts + novices) solved 2 CTF binaries
-> 109 hours of recorded reversing, all in-browser via @pwncollege.
CTF Writeup: pwn.college - Advent of Pwn 2025
pwn.college is an educational cybersecurity platform by Arizona State University. Their Advent of Pwn 2025 released one challenge per day during December.
www.feyrer.de/CTF/CTF-Writ...
#ctf #cybersecurity #pwncollege #adventofpwn
pwn.college is an educational cybersecurity platform by Arizona State University. Their Advent of Pwn 2025 released one challenge per day during December.
www.feyrer.de/CTF/CTF-Writ...
#ctf #cybersecurity #pwncollege #adventofpwn
pwn.college - Advent of Pwn 2025 Writeup 🎅
www.feyrer.de
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
CTF Writeup: pwn.college - Advent of Pwn 2025
pwn.college is an educational cybersecurity platform by Arizona State University. Their Advent of Pwn 2025 released one challenge per day during December.
www.feyrer.de/CTF/CTF-Writ...
#ctf #cybersecurity #pwncollege #adventofpwn
pwn.college is an educational cybersecurity platform by Arizona State University. Their Advent of Pwn 2025 released one challenge per day during December.
www.feyrer.de/CTF/CTF-Writ...
#ctf #cybersecurity #pwncollege #adventofpwn
Hello hackers! A belated announcement of an awesome new thing we're trying out in @pwncollege: #AdventOfPwn! Every day (starting yesterday - sorry for the belated post!), we're launching a new challenge at pwn.college/advent-o... for your hack-racing pleasure.
pwn.college
Learn to Hack!
pwn.college
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Hello hackers! A belated announcement of an awesome new thing we're trying out in @pwncollege: #AdventOfPwn! Every day (starting yesterday - sorry for the belated post!), we're launching a new challenge at pwn.college/advent-o... for your hack-racing pleasure.
Welcome to our live show! www.twitch.tv/pwncollege
pwncollege - Twitch
Welcome to our live show!
www.twitch.tv
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Welcome to our live show! www.twitch.tv/pwncollege
As a side note, since somebody asked… 20 years ago I would’ve (and I have in multiple occasions) recommended the legendary #abo series by gera https://web.archive.org/web/20150418052653/http://community.coresecurity.com/~gera/InsecureProgramming/
#xdev #pwncollege #lectures #challenges #hackers
#xdev #pwncollege #lectures #challenges #hackers
gera's InsecureProgramming page
web.archive.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As a side note, since somebody asked… 20 years ago I would’ve (and I have in multiple occasions) recommended the legendary #abo series by gera https://web.archive.org/web/20150418052653/http://community.coresecurity.com/~gera/InsecureProgramming/
#xdev #pwncollege #lectures #challenges #hackers
#xdev #pwncollege #lectures #challenges #hackers
As an old fart in #xdev, I get asked often, mostly by young coworkers, how to get into binary exploitation in 2025. I looked around, and here’s my recommendation:
https://pwn.college
#pwncollege is a huge collection of free #lectures and practical […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
https://pwn.college
#pwncollege is a huge collection of free #lectures and practical […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
July 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
As an old fart in #xdev, I get asked often, mostly by young coworkers, how to get into binary exploitation in 2025. I looked around, and here’s my recommendation:
https://pwn.college
#pwncollege is a huge collection of free #lectures and practical […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
https://pwn.college
#pwncollege is a huge collection of free #lectures and practical […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Mastering Cybersecurity: A Deep Dive into pwncollege and Essential Skills
Introduction Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, requiring hands-on practice and continuous learning. Platforms like pwn.college offer structured training to sharpen offensive and defensive security skills. This…
Introduction Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, requiring hands-on practice and continuous learning. Platforms like pwn.college offer structured training to sharpen offensive and defensive security skills. This…
Mastering Cybersecurity: A Deep Dive into pwncollege and Essential Skills
Introduction Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, requiring hands-on practice and continuous learning. Platforms like pwn.college offer structured training to sharpen offensive and defensive security skills. This article explores key cybersecurity concepts, practical commands, and techniques to help you build expertise. Learning Objectives Understand foundational cybersecurity training platforms like pwn.college Learn essential Linux and Windows commands for security testing Explore vulnerability exploitation and mitigation techniques…
undercodetesting.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Mastering Cybersecurity: A Deep Dive into pwncollege and Essential Skills
Introduction Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, requiring hands-on practice and continuous learning. Platforms like pwn.college offer structured training to sharpen offensive and defensive security skills. This…
Introduction Cybersecurity is a rapidly evolving field, requiring hands-on practice and continuous learning. Platforms like pwn.college offer structured training to sharpen offensive and defensive security skills. This…
Back in July, ASU's ACE Institute launched the CTF Academy with the goal of bridging this gap through mentorship of top pwncollege learners by established CTF teams and players through CTF competitions (en route to the real world)! That July announcement: defcon.social/@Zardu...
Zardus: "Output Gap: pwn.college should prepare students t…" - DEF CON Social
Output Gap: pwn.college should prepare students to step directly into technical cybersecurity roles, but in practice, there's a gap between students honing skills on carefully-crafted educational challenges versus applying this knowledge in more chaotic environments.
defcon.social
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Back in July, ASU's ACE Institute launched the CTF Academy with the goal of bridging this gap through mentorship of top pwncollege learners by established CTF teams and players through CTF competitions (en route to the real world)! That July announcement: defcon.social/@Zardu...
Capture the Flag contests aren't specifically meant to educate: challenges can involve learning, perfecting, or expanding skills, but may or may not help the hacker with that process. This approachability gap between pwncollege and CTF/real security is something we often observe.
May 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Capture the Flag contests aren't specifically meant to educate: challenges can involve learning, perfecting, or expanding skills, but may or may not help the hacker with that process. This approachability gap between pwncollege and CTF/real security is something we often observe.
Of course, some of this just needs moar #pwncollege (example: we're building Brown Belt material around tackling the security of complex targets), but there's still a fundamental education-to-non-education phase shift that our hackers must overcome. Our interim solution? CTF!
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Of course, some of this just needs moar #pwncollege (example: we're building Brown Belt material around tackling the security of complex targets), but there's still a fundamental education-to-non-education phase shift that our hackers must overcome. Our interim solution? CTF!
It works! Those completing pwncollege and earning Blue Belts are sought-after, competent hackers. But they don't emerge omnipotent. Our material, while challenging, is designed to be solved and learned from. The real world isn't, leaving a gap that even blue belts must overcome.
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It works! Those completing pwncollege and earning Blue Belts are sought-after, competent hackers. But they don't emerge omnipotent. Our material, while challenging, is designed to be solved and learned from. The real world isn't, leaving a gap that even blue belts must overcome.
We made @pwncollege to increase the approachability of the hands-on cybersecurity skills that we LOVE (and that are critically needed in our society). We initially conceptualized it as a "first step" for bright Computer Science students looking to dip a toe into Cybersecurity.
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We made @pwncollege to increase the approachability of the hands-on cybersecurity skills that we LOVE (and that are critically needed in our society). We initially conceptualized it as a "first step" for bright Computer Science students looking to dip a toe into Cybersecurity.
Hello hackers! Another @pwncollege semester ends, continuing @ASU's @ace_inst's never-ending quest to revolutionize the way hackers learn to become productive members of the cybersecurity community. Read on to learn what this means for students and Capture the Flag! 🧵
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hello hackers! Another @pwncollege semester ends, continuing @ASU's @ace_inst's never-ending quest to revolutionize the way hackers learn to become productive members of the cybersecurity community. Read on to learn what this means for students and Capture the Flag! 🧵
And AZ CTF comes to a close! Congrats to the winners! And, of course, everyone can now tackle the chals on #pwncollege at: pwn.college/az-ctf-2...
April 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
And AZ CTF comes to a close! Congrats to the winners! And, of course, everyone can now tackle the chals on #pwncollege at: pwn.college/az-ctf-2...
Our minimum POC for the educational material is @ASU's @pwncollege, our platform to learn cybersecurity through hands-on, guided challenges. Again, we want to scale further (to other awesome platforms) as we go beyond the beta, but this gives us a familiar platform to start with.
November 1, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Our minimum POC for the educational material is @ASU's @pwncollege, our platform to learn cybersecurity through hands-on, guided challenges. Again, we want to scale further (to other awesome platforms) as we go beyond the beta, but this gives us a familiar platform to start with.
After a year on sabbatical, I'm about to teach again! ASU CSE 365 (Intro to Cybersecurity) stream starting, with @TheConnorNelson, imminently at twitch.tv/pwncollege!
pwncollege - Twitch
The twitch stream for the white-belt to blue-belt education platform from Arizona State University. You can view our platform at https://pwn.college/.
twitch.tv
August 26, 2024 at 8:34 PM
After a year on sabbatical, I'm about to teach again! ASU CSE 365 (Intro to Cybersecurity) stream starting, with @TheConnorNelson, imminently at twitch.tv/pwncollege!
Also! Are you a @pwncollege-belted hacker? We’ll do a belt ceremony ON STAGE at the end of the talk! Come to Track 2 right now!
August 10, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Also! Are you a @pwncollege-belted hacker? We’ll do a belt ceremony ON STAGE at the end of the talk! Come to Track 2 right now!
48 hours later, the @pwncollege V8 Exploitation #QuarterlyQuiz has still not been competed! There's still a chance to nab that 🥇 out from under @ky1ebot's nose! Give it a try at pwn.college/quarterl... !
August 4, 2024 at 2:32 AM
48 hours later, the @pwncollege V8 Exploitation #QuarterlyQuiz has still not been competed! There's still a chance to nab that 🥇 out from under @ky1ebot's nose! Give it a try at pwn.college/quarterl... !
Hello hackers! The next #pwncollege Quarterly Quiz IS HERE! Want to test your skills on a clever collection of challenges covering concepts in v8 (chrome's javascript engine) pwning? Head over to pwn.college/quarterl... and get hacking!
August 2, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Hello hackers! The next #pwncollege Quarterly Quiz IS HERE! Want to test your skills on a clever collection of challenges covering concepts in v8 (chrome's javascript engine) pwning? Head over to pwn.college/quarterl... and get hacking!
#pwncollege, and the ease of creating custom dojos in it, provides a neat solution here! Building off of @sajjadium's amazing file preservation efforts, our researcher Pratham (prathamgupta36.githu...) got challenges running and tested in the dojo, and the CTF Archive was born!
June 29, 2024 at 9:36 PM
#pwncollege, and the ease of creating custom dojos in it, provides a neat solution here! Building off of @sajjadium's amazing file preservation efforts, our researcher Pratham (prathamgupta36.githu...) got challenges running and tested in the dojo, and the CTF Archive was born!
We observe this in Capture the Flag: #pwncollege-trained players definitely have a leg up over a typical newcomer, but there is a missing link between even "applied" education and actual practice. The gap might be one of confidence or lack of exposure to variety, but it's there.
June 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
We observe this in Capture the Flag: #pwncollege-trained players definitely have a leg up over a typical newcomer, but there is a missing link between even "applied" education and actual practice. The gap might be one of confidence or lack of exposure to variety, but it's there.
By 2026, ACE will launch a Masters in Applied Computer Security, expanding the pwn-heavy material of #pwncollege into a rounded graduate-level cybersecurity curriculum. As with our current material, all this will be free for use and adoption by other institutions and enthusiasts!
June 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
By 2026, ACE will launch a Masters in Applied Computer Security, expanding the pwn-heavy material of #pwncollege into a rounded graduate-level cybersecurity curriculum. As with our current material, all this will be free for use and adoption by other institutions and enthusiasts!
Curriculum Gap: #pwncollege is great at teaching people advanced pwning, and there are platforms (see https://wargame.nexus) with other types of hands-on material, but there isn't an unified, applied cybersecurity curriculum that students can pursue in, say, a degree program.
Welcome to the Wargame Nexus | Wargame Nexus
Learn to Hack Harder!
wargame.nexus
June 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Curriculum Gap: #pwncollege is great at teaching people advanced pwning, and there are platforms (see https://wargame.nexus) with other types of hands-on material, but there isn't an unified, applied cybersecurity curriculum that students can pursue in, say, a degree program.