Cyber Security Bootcamp 2025

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita School of Computing, Chennai, hosted an exciting two-day Bootcamp (23rd-24th Jan 2025) on Web Application Hacking and Security at the SHIELD Lab.

Bootcamp Highlights:

• 73 participants (65 from Amrita + 8 from VIT Chennai & Veltech) engaged in hands-on learning.
• Sessions by Mr. Giri Veeraraghavan Veda, Director-Cybersecurity at Defsecone, Chennai, featuring live demos of advanced attacks and defense techniques.
• Covered key topics, including:
  • Google Dorking
  • Password Spraying
  • JWT Injection
  • XSS with BXSS Hunter
  • SQL Injection & Command Injection
  • Bind & Reverse Shell Attacks
  • CSRF & CORS Exploitation

Tools in Action: Burp Suite, Gobuster, BXSS Hunter, and more!

The bootcamp offered practical, real-world hacking techniques and strategies to better secure web applications. A fantastic step towards becoming Red Teamers and Web Security experts!