Cybersecurity community powered by @Cover6Solutions. Free meetups, mentorship & career resources. Led by @TyWilson21. #BreakingN2Cyber #SeekSuccess
Falls Church, VA
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Cover6 Community is one of the largest #cybersecurity communities in the nation & we've been at it since 2012.
Live & virtual meetups. Real talk. Real professionals. No gatekeeping.
Whether you're breaking in or have been in the game, you belong here.
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Security+: After an ISP breach, an email says you won theme park tickets and must confirm your details. MOST likely?
A) A loyalty program reward.
B) A routine account audit.
C) A spam filter test message.
D) A phishing attempt.
Answer on the stream: youtube.com/watch?v=Yi-80WeI…
Every speaker tonight started where a lot of you are now. Got a story? A first alert, a first lab, a career switch? We'd love to hear it at a future meetup.
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Live in 5 minutes: New Voices in Cyber. First-time speakers, real stories. Pull up and cheer them on.
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Stuck because you're waiting to feel ready? Tonight's speakers didn't wait. 3 hours until they take the mic.
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Not sure you're making progress? Count your flags. Each one is a skill you didn't have a month ago.
3 days left in the free October CTF:
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ALT Cover6 Community CTF card: 3 days left in the free October CTF. The board closes Saturday, Oct 31.
Security+: A malicious page reads your data from other signed-in sites. Which browser rule did it defeat?
A) The same-origin policy.
B) The Content Security Policy.
C) HTTP Strict Transport Security.
D) The certificate trust chain.
Answer on the stream: youtube.com/watch?v=c974srfI…
Tip for tonight's audience: one good question in the chat means more to a first-time speaker than a hundred likes. Bring one.
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Afraid your question is too basic? Tonight's speakers asked the same ones not long ago. Bring yours to the chat.
First-time speakers, 6 PM ET:
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A lot of people stall because they can't picture themselves in this field. Tonight you'll hear from people a step ahead of you, telling it straight.
First-time speakers, 6 PM ET:
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Tomorrow night's speakers are probably rehearsing right now. Send them some good energy, then show up at 6 PM ET.
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The meetups are once a week. The conversation runs all week on Discord: CTF help, study partners, job leads and first-talk practice.
Come say hi: discord.gg/x7MXS3yMqb
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Stuck on the same CTF challenge for an hour? Step away, then explain the problem out loud. Half the time you hear the answer.
4 days left in the free October CTF:
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Stuck on a CTF web challenge? Check what people forget: robots.txt, your cookies, and the Network tab in your browser's dev tools.
Flags hide in plain sight more often than you'd think.
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ALT Cover6 Community CTF card: Stuck on a web challenge? Check robots.txt, cookies and the Network tab.
What's one question you'd ask a first-time speaker? Bring it tomorrow night, 6 PM ET.
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Wondering how people early in their careers got their first labs, alerts and jobs? Tomorrow they'll tell you, in short talks with live Q&A.
1st Time Speaker Series · 6 PM ET · free
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Applying online and hearing nothing back? Meet people in person. A lot of job leads in this field start with a conversation.
Friday 5 PM: the Cover6 Meet & Greet at the BSides NoVA Halloween Party, Arlington.
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If you've ever coached someone through their first talk, first interview or first cert: thank you. That's how this community has worked since 2012.
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CTF crypto challenge? Name the encoding first.
Base64 often ends in =. Hex is only 0–9 and a–f. CyberChef's free Magic operation can suggest one.
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ALT Cover6 Community October CTF tip card: Crypto challenge? Name the encoding first. Base64 often ends in =. Hex is only 0-9 and a-f.
Most SOC training uses canned alerts. You already know the answer.
Friday 8 AM at BSides NoVA, @TyWilson21's First Watch workshop hunts a brand-new incident in live attack traffic. Halloween Party at 5:
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The scariest part of a first talk is not knowing if anyone will show up. Your RSVP fixes that.
Wednesday, first-time speakers take the mic:
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