Offensive Security: Applications and Systems

After this short course, you will have a fundamental understanding of different aspects of offensive security on system security and (web) application security. The course content is inspired by CTFs (capture the flag) – a type of cybersecurity competitions where participants compete to solve challenges and puzzles related to computer security. Following the theme of CTFs, the areas covered in this course are

• OSINT
• Web exploitation
• Reverse engineering

For the best experience of the course, it is recommended to enroll at the CTF platform hosted by the University of Twente: https://ths.eemcs.utwente.nl/ and solving the challenges there.

This course is delivered to you by SPECTRO. SPECTRO is a consortium consisting of 12 higher education institutions from 7 different countries, 2 innovative SMEs, 1 leading research centre in Information Systems and EIT Digital. SPECTRO is co-funded by the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme.