Breaking into binary exploitation can feel overwhelming — the tools are unfamiliar, the concepts are low-level, and it's hard to know where to start. This hands-on workshop cuts through the noise and gets you exploiting real binaries from minute one using Binary Jiu-Jitsu, a gamified learning platform built specifically for the journey from zero to hacker.
About the Workshop:
Binary Jiu-Jitsu is a multiplayer RPG-style cybersecurity learning platform designed to teach binary exploitation and reverse engineering through structured, hands-on challenges. Rather than passive lectures, participants progress through a belt-ranked challenge system where each solved vulnerability unlocks new techniques and territory. The platform is built around the belief that exploitation is a skill — and like any discipline worth mastering, it's best learned by doing.
In this workshop, attendees will be guided through their first real exploitation challenges, covering foundational concepts like memory layout, the call stack, and hijacking program control flow. Challenges are dynamically generated and sandboxed, so every participant works in their own environment without interference.
By the end of this session, attendees will have:
* Hands-on experience exploiting their first binary vulnerabilities
* A mental model for how programs behave at the memory level
* Access to the Binary Jiu-Jitsu platform to continue training after the workshop
Whether you've never opened a debugger or just want a structured path forward, this workshop meets you where you are. Come ready to break things.