Winter 2025

Hacking Healthcare: Medical Device Vulnerabilities

Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Join Applied Cyber as we explore the landscape of medical device vulnerabilities. We’ll look into vulnerable devices, how they can be exploited, and how we can protect against these attacks.

Speaker: Teddy Zhang

WAC Fireside Chat with Audrey Adeline

Friday, February 21, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Speaker: Audrey Adeline
Audrey is part of the Founder’s Office at SquareX that is building the industry’s first Browser Detection and Response (BDR) solution. Among other things, she is in charge of writing whitepapers and technical blogs for the product and attack research conducted at SquareX, including the Browser Syncjacking attack that was featured by Forbes, Bleeping Computer and Mashable recently. Previously, she was a software investor at Sequoia, where she worked with many founders in the cybersecurity space. She is currently writing a book on web security and is part of the HQ committee at Women in Security and Privacy (WISP).

Love, Lust, & Security in the Digital Domain

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Join us for a round-robin of lightning talks at the intersection of Valentine’s Day and Cybersecurity. From high-profile breaches to social engineering scams, we’ll uncover the risks hiding in your favorite romance platforms.

Speakers: Ashley Dai, Joey Holtzman, Teddy Zhang, and Alex Keller

Showing the Receipts: Understanding the Modern Ransomware Ecosystem

Friday, February 7, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Speaker: Jack Cable
Jack is an exceptionally talented security practitioner with a wealth of experience to share, having worked everywhere from government to the private sector to the defense side. Most recently, he left his role as senior technical advisor at CISA to start his own company Corridor, which helps organizations perform AI-powered security refactors at scale.

Hack the Box – Walkthrough and Teaching Workshop

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Join us for an interactive workshop where you’ll apply cybersecurity skills to real-world challenges. Learn how to tackle security vulnerabilities hands-on with guidance from experienced mentors. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced learner, this session will provide valuable insights into hacking concepts and techniques using the Hack the Box platform.

Speaker: Donovan Jasper

A Byte Into Hacking: Introduction to Hacking Workshop Mixer

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 5:30pm
Spilker 143

WAC is a part of Applied Cyber that focuses on empowering and connecting women and non-binary identifying individuals in the cyber security community. Throughout the year, WAC will be organizing workshops and networking events in alignment with these goals.

Speaker: Ashley Dai

Network Traffic Capture & Analysis Workshop

Friday, January 17, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Join us for an introductory workshop on capturing and analyzing network traffic for security operations using the open-source tools of the trade. Participants will examine a provided packet capture to identify the details of a realistic attack vector and conduct live sniffing of offensive traffic they generate themselves.

Speakers: Alex Keller and Joey Holtzman

Alex’s 25 year career in the higher education technology sector brought him to Stanford‘s School of Engineering in 2012 where he now serves as Sr. Systems Security Engineer with responsibilities for security, research technology consulting, and datacenter operations. Advisor to the Stanford Applied Cyber student group and team coach since inception in late 2015, Alex is tirelessly passionate about cybersecurity education and outreach. When not hacking in the public interest, Alex loves spending time with his wife and 8 year old daughter on the beautiful northern California coast.

Joey Holtzman is a sophomore studying computer science with a focus on systems. He is the vice president of Applied Cyber and is on both the CPTC and CCDC teams. Additionally, he holds the OSCP certification and enjoys hacking and building open-source tools and scripts.

Introduction to Memory Vulnerabilities & Exploitation

Friday, January 10, 2025 at 4:30pm
Shriram 108

Speaker: Joey Holtzman
Joey Holtzman is a sophomore studying computer science with a focus on systems. He is the vice president of Applied Cyber and is on both the CPTC and CCDC teams. Additionally, he holds the OSCP certification and enjoys hacking and building open-source tools and scripts.