CTF contests
A fresh challenge set on a regular cycle, spanning every domain of security — a few hours on the clock, hosted on our own platform.
// about_layer8
The human
layer.
The OSI model stops at seven layers, physical up to application. Layer 8 is the informal one on top — the human at the keyboard.
User error, social engineering, every human-shaped mistake in security lives there. It's also the name of the cybersecurity community at PES University, Electronic City Campus.
security/community/curiosity
// what_we_are
What we are.
A student-driven cybersecurity community built around learning by actually doing.
Students at every experience level, coming at security from every direction — web, crypto, reversing, pwn and everything around them.
CTFs, workshops, blogs and competitions: a place to explore cybersecurity outside the classroom. The only prerequisite is curiosity.
Blogs & Tool of the Week
A running series where members break down security tools and new developments, beginner to advanced.
Workshops & guest speakers
Regular technical sessions and talks from people working in the field — concepts moving from slides into terminals.
// who_we_are
Who we are.
Different backgrounds.
Different skill levels.
Same curiosity.
Some break web applications, some reverse binaries, some are still figuring out what a buffer overflow is. That's exactly how it should be.
Layer8 runs on people teaching people and sharing what they find.
// members
The people behind Layer8.
The people running the machine, the people building it, and everyone who keeps the layer alive.
00 / club2 people
01 / domains4 people
Exploit dev, infra, tooling and the weekly CTFs. If it has a shell, Tech wants it first.
tech / members14 people
Anish
“Every system has a weakness. Find it”
Tech
Syed Ayaan Hasan
@rebus06“Breaking code professionally”
Tech
45current members
11core roles
08security domains
∞rabbit holes
// layer8_phil
How we work.
Curiosity first.
Credentials later.
Security makes more sense once you've seen the failure yourself. We favour hands-on exploration over memorising attack names, and a solved challenge matters less than the writeup that helps the next person solve it.
// find_your_layer
There is always
another layer.
Come learn, break things, build things and figure out what you're capable of.
