What we do
Socialize
Our Discord is where most of the action happens. Sharing security news, talking about industry events, showing off projects, or getting help on something you're working on. Follow us on Instagram for the fun side.
Learn
Hands-on workshops and working sessions. We show you a concept, explain why it matters, then let you go free range on a practice environment. Everything runs on our Cyber Range, our club server rack.
Compete
Diverse competitions throughout the year, mostly online, some in-person. CTFs, cyber defense like CCDC, attack/defend like MITRE eCTF. See competitions for details.
Club projects
Applied hacking on real stuff. Bug bounties, securing university systems, hacking routers and IP cameras, porting Doom onto handheld scanners, reverse engineering alarm systems with RF hardware.
Recent posts
Writeups, club news, and other things members published.
- Mar 3, 2026 The next generation of cyber defenders competitions
This article was originally written and published by UCSC Information Technology Services on March 3, 2026. Read the original at its.ucsc.edu. Reproduced here with full credit to...
- Feb 28, 2025 Introduction to Hacking Competitions (CMPM17-01) career success
Our introduction to CTF competitions course (season 3™) is returning once again for Spring Quarter 2025! (tentative schedule TuTh 5:20-6:55pm w/ section F 1:20-2:25pm in BE-97)...
- Feb 1, 2025 Certification Program Pilot career success
We’re excited to announce an incredible opportunity for select Slug Security members who want to learn foundational cyber skills, test their knowledge, and boost their resumes by...
- Dec 10, 2024 CSE-132 Pwn HW Walkthrough writeup binary exploitation rop
Challenge author walkthrough of the binary exploitation homework for UCSC's CSE-132 Fall 2024 class. Hopefully you had somewhat of a good time attempting these challenges, if...
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