Episode 146: Social Engineering Capture the Flag at Layer 8

About this episode

This episode features John Costa and Jordan Saleh discussing their experiences in creating a social engineering capture the flag competition for the Layer 8 Conference.

The Layer 8 Conference will have a full scope social engineering capture the flag (CTF) competition this year. This is an event that has been created by John Costa and Jordan Saleh. In this episode, we hear from John and Jordan about their experience in creating CTFs and their thought process in building this one. If you're interested in being a social engineer or love CTF competitions, you'll want to be at the Layer 8 Conference and compete in this event!

People in this episode

Guests: John Costa, Jordan Saleh

Topics covered

• social engineering
• capture the flag
• CTF competition
• Layer 8 Conference
• event planning

Keywords

• social engineering
• CTF
• Layer 8 Conference
• competition
• John Costa
• Jordan Saleh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Layer 8 Conference

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