Shellphish Support Syndicate

Activities

Capture the Flag

Shellphish is primarily a CTF team, and the Shellphish Support Syndicate helps Shellphish compete in these CTF competitions. Do you want to help Shellphish? Contact us to learn more.

Research and Development

Shellphish also competes in other cybersecurity competitions, such as the 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge. We’re interested in building large systems that can identify software vulnerabilities automatically.

Education

Shellphish cares deeply about cybersecurity education and developing the next generation of hackers. From iCTF to how2heap and pwn.college, we think everyone can and should learn to hack!

About Us

The Shellphish Support Syndicate was born out of a desire to see the Shellphish CTF team succeed at everything they do.

Shellphish Timeline

Onward toward hacking

2005

Shellphish Founded

UCSB Professor Giovanni Vigna (aka zanardi) founded Shellphish to compete in the DEF CON CTF competition.
August 2005

Shellphish Won DEF CON CTF

The Shellphish team consisting of Giovanni Vigna, Davide Balzarotti, Greg Banks, Wilson Chen, Ryan Dixon, Vika Felmetsger, Paul Haas, Chris Kruegel, Darren Mutz, Dan Nurmi, Will Robertson, and Fredrik Valeur won DEF CON CTF!
2014–2016

Shellphish Competes in CGC

Not knowing what they were signing up for, Shellphish eagerly attempts to compete in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.
August 2016

Shellphish Wins 3rd Place at CGC

After a hard-fought competition, Shellphish’s Cyber Reasoning System The Mechanical Phish won 3rd place in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge.
2016–2023

Shellphish Expands

Shellphish students become Shellphish professors, expanding the team to ASU, Purdue, and beyond.
August 2023

Shellphish Support Syndicate is Born

With the announcment of the AIxCC, the Shellphish Support Syndicate was created!