
About us
Join Hack The Box Meetup Vancouver, a community-driven meetup focused on hands-on, collaborative workshops on hacking and defending systems. This is a friendly and welcoming space where people from any background can learn together and better understand how real-world attacks work.
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Each month, we will "hack" through a vulnerable machine on the Hack The Box platform in a guided and discussion-based session, with a focus on explaining why certain techniques work, not just how to execute them. No prior offensive security experience is required - all you need is the willingness to engage and learn.
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By thinking like an attacker and hacking your way into a machine, you can expect to learn:
- How attackers approach a new system and look for weaknesses
- Common vulnerabilities and misconfigurations found in real environments
- How initial access is typically achieved and what that means for defenders
- Why managing privileges matters and how attackers abuse misconfigured access
- How offensive techniques translate into better defensive thinking and risk awareness
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We welcome everyone who wants to learn and enjoy cybersecurity in a hands-on, collaborative environment, including but never limited to:
- People new to cybersecurity or exploring different security paths
- Software engineers, developers, and AppSec professionals interested in building more secure applications
- Defensive, GRC, or IT professionals looking to better understand attacker behaviour
- Offensive security and red team practitioners who want to contribute, share experience, and mentor others
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Upcoming events
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HTB Meetup Vancouver #5 - TBA
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Join our community Discord at https://discord.gg/hg4GVM5PmCARE YOU A BEGINNER? ๐
We all begin somewhere, and you donโt have to do it alone. Come along, meet a welcoming community, learn by doing, and start your journey with people who are happy to help and share what they know.WHAT DO I NEED? ๐พ
A computer, an internet connection, and some electricity. You will also need a virtual machine, but donโt worry, the setup steps and links are just below. Please create a Hack The Box account before the session, and youโll be ready to go.VIRTUAL MACHINE SETUP ๐ป
We recommend setting up your virtual machine before the meetup so we can spend more time working on the dedicated machines together. If possible, please follow the instruction video below in advance. We are happy to help with setup on the day, but we ask that you try to download the required software and operating system beforehand.YouTube instructions for VirtualBox & Kali Linux setup
โข NetworkChuck - you need to learn Virtual Machines RIGHT NOW!! (Kali Linux VM, Ubuntu, Windows)Virtual Machine Software (choose 1)
โข VirtualBox - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
โข VMWare Workstation Player - VMware Workstation Player is now hosted by Broadcom and requires a free account to download.Penetration Testing Distribution (choose 1)
โข Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/
โข Parrot OS - https://www.parrotsec.org/download/3 attendees
Past events
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