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What do we do?
As the cybersecurity club at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, our mission is to teach students cybersecurity through meetings, competitions, and research.
We're beginner-friendly
We believe cybersecurity should be accessible to all, so we teach everything from the ground up. Our club content is designed to be approached by anyone, regardless of skill, major, or experience.
Our teaching philosophy
We believe that the best way to learn is by doing – so we're not going to lecture you for an hour. Our meetings are typically 15 minutes of presentation followed by 45 minutes of hands-on hacking.
Who are we?
SIGPwny is completely student-run and would not be able to support everyone without the contributions from our admin team, helpers, and alumni.
Admin Team
Hi, I'm a fourth year in CS! I like web and embedded systems hacking. I keep our meetings and website running :D
Hi! I'm in my fourth year in CS. You can find me rock climbing or listening to Daft Punk. My focus is in automation, reverse-engineering, and backend systems.
I'm an MSCS student interested in exploring AI security! Outside of school (and SIGPwny), I love fiber arts and music :D
Hello! I'm a senior in math and my main interest in cybersecurity is crypto! No, not that crypto, the other one.
Hi, I'm a junior studying CS! I like learning about operating systems and will talk musical theatre to anyone who will listen!
"You're a quantum physicist?" "Sure..? I'm also a Nix user! But the only thing that I do in this club is fixing people's Emacs!"
Hey I'm Hassam! I'm a junior in CS interested in all things cryptography, theory, math, and compilers.
Hello! I am a Junior in Computer Science and Economics. I am interested in personal finance and entrepreneurship!
Reverse engineer and pwn enthusiast. When I'm not staring at Ghidra or GDB, I like to spend my free time rock climbing.
Sophomore in CS + Philosophy. I like to write malware and other offensive tooling.
Helper Team
Helper
Adarsh Krishnan
I'm a freshman in CS + Philosophy interested in symbolic logic and formal methods.
Hi! I'm a junior studying Computer Engineering interested in web exploitation and reverse engineering.
Hello! I'm a sophomore in CS + Linguistics, feel free to come share any language learning tips or tricks you know!
Freshman in CompEng, interested in hardware and embedded systems. Currently doing CTFs as a hobby.
Social chair, Computer Science and Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics and Software Engineering
I am a freshman in CS interested in rev, pwn, and crypto. I also play the piano.
Senior in Math and Biology at UIUC; ping me for help with Linux systems.
