ByteTheCookies (BTC) is a passionate CTF team and cybersecurity research group formed by students from the University of Salerno after participating in CyberChallenge 2024.
Our mission is to push the boundaries of our skills and knowledge in the ever-evolving field of IT security. We thrive on solving complex challenges, learning from each other, and staying ahead of the curve in cybersecurity.
- Compete in Attack/Defense and Jeopardy-style CTF competitions worldwide
- Develop open-source cybersecurity tools and frameworks
- Write technical articles, tutorials, and CTF writeups
- Learn and share knowledge across cryptography, web exploitation, reverse engineering, pwn, OSINT, and blockchain security
- Collaborate with the global cybersecurity community
CookieFarm ⭐ Featured
An Attack/Defense CTF framework inspired by DestructiveFarm, built with a hybrid Go + Python architecture and a zero-distraction philosophy:
🎯 Your only task is to write the exploit!
CookieFarm automates exploit distribution, flag submission, and result monitoring — allowing you to focus entirely on building powerful exploits.
Key Features:
- 🚀 Go server with Python client SDK
- 🔄 Zero-config flag submission
- 📊 Real-time result monitoring
- 🤝 Team collaboration workflow
- Peppe (o traffic analyzer) — Network analysis tool for Attack/Defense CTFs
- CookieFarmExploiter — Lightweight Python decorator for automating exploit execution
- And more security tools in development...
- Official Website — Team news, CTFtime updates
- Blog — Writeups, tutorials, technical articles
- CookieFarm Docs — Framework documentation
- GitHub Organization — All our open-source projects
- CTFtime Profile — Competition history and ranking
- 🌐 Website: bytethecookies.org
- 📧 Contact: Via GitHub issues or our website
- 📝 Writeups: bytethecookies.org/writeups
- 🏆 CTFtime: Team 309819
Proudly representing the University of Salerno (UNISA) and the Italian cybersecurity community. 🇮🇹
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