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US Kernel Sanders

Also known as
  • Kernel-Sanders
  • Kernel Sander
  • KernelSander
  • Kernel_Sanders
  • kernel-sande​rs

Academic team UF's Kernel Sanders

Website: https://github.com/ufsit

Website: https://twitter.com/UFSIT

Website: http://ufsit.club

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The University of Florida Student Infosec Team (UFSIT), aka Kernel Sanders, was founded in the Fall of 2006 by Jordan Wiens and John Sawyer shortly after their team’s (1@stplace) first win at the DefCon 14 Capture the Flag (CTF) competition.

Participated in CTF events

Overall rating place: 279 with 84.155 pts in 2021

Country place: 36

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
6Sunshine CTF 20211563.000018.701
243CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20211095.00002.517
218UIUCTF 2021413.00001.001
409redpwnCTF 2021939.00003.352
125WeCTF 2021681.00002.126
697HSCTF 8722.00001.019
121m0leCon CTF 2021 Teaser127.00001.024
118DCTF 20212850.00006.920
10DawgCTF 20215305.000019.719
179WPICTF 2021100.00000.917
296PlaidCTF 20211.00000.353
701RITSEC CTF 202110.00000.067
165b01lers CTF200.00000.551
223ångstromCTF 20211075.00008.015
100UTCTF 20217523.00007.624
63NahamCon CTF 20217986.00007.141
507zer0pts CTF 202150.00000.284
29Aero CTF 2021790.00007.736
177DiceCTF 2021339.00001.910
100x41414141 CTF15277.00000.000
80BambooFox CTF 2021456.00002.430
190*CTF 2021253.00000.677
118Real World CTF 3rd41.00000.775
472TetCTF 2021100.00000.317

Overall rating place: 74 with 264.663 pts in 2020

Country place: 10

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
150Brixel CTF winter edition425.00000.000
388X-MAS CTF 2020116.00000.000
62boot2root 20201466.00002.554
111DefCamp CTF 2020 Online250.00001.496
50pbctf 2020368.00002.131
153HITCON CTF 202050.00001.613
57Balsn CTF 2020490.00001.912
3Square CTF 20201751.000038.454
25Sunshine CTF 20201315.00009.310
19CSAW CTF Final Round 20202251.000015.012
463KipodAfterFree CTF 20205.00000.079
15CyberSecurityRumble CTF4719.000013.762
5Hack The Vote 20201145.000010.188
109Hack.lu CTF 2020615.000011.118
47mHackeCTF - Enterprise Edition803.00001.752
142N1CTF 2020171.00000.813
117BSides Delhi CTF 2020100.00000.456
4DamCTF 20208494.000024.994
20b01lers CTF bootcamp3955.000016.367
67Trend Micro CTF 2020 - Raimund Genes Cup - Online Qualifier100.00000.491
205TastelessCTF 20201.00000.127
20BalCCon2k20 CTF1751.00005.435
19Evlz CTF 3.0226.00003.615
38DarkCTF9686.00009.755
40EKOPARTY CTF 20206027.000010.477
45DownUnderCTF 20203999.00007.548
10CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20203655.000054.855
31HacktivityCon CTF3945.000010.488
1redpwnCTF 202021671.000045.260
194Zh3r0 CTF1233.00001.304
33WeCTF 20201178.00003.708
3NahamCon CTF6765.000030.225
775Really Awesome CTF 2020250.00000.353
3322020 Defenit CTF100.00000.205
388Pwn2Win CTF 202050.00000.817
409Hack-A-Sat Qualifiers16.00000.162
265m0leCon CTF 2020 Teaser53.00000.465
688TJCTF 202090.00000.737
491SharkyCTF170.00000.411
714WPICTF 20201.00000.051
659PlaidCTF 20201.00000.156
142DawgCTF2345.00005.116
89VolgaCTF 2020 Qualifier810.00006.679
154TAMUctf 20201715.00000.000
7b01lers CTF3303.000014.616
328ångstromCTF 20201200.00007.195
126zer0pts CTF 2020358.00000.913
41UTCTF 20206600.00005.936
47BSidesSF 2020 CTF422.00001.475
460NeverLAN CTF 2020990.00000.998
101nullcon HackIM 2020612.00003.441
47HackTM CTF Quals 20201874.00004.926
134riceteacatpanda3630.00002.598

Overall rating place: 74 with 243.518 pts in 2019

Country place: 9

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
78BambooFox CTF430.00000.000
173hxp 36C3 CTF70.00000.724
3UTC-CTF 2019 Teaser5133.00000.000
313KipodAfterFree CTF 201911.00000.323
138X-MAS CTF 20191238.00001.639
81OverTheWire Advent Bonanza 2019986.00002.518
20TUCTF 201912519.000026.511
335D^3CTF 201910.00000.000
49RITSEC CTF 20193191.00005.600
30CSAW CTF Final Round 20191551.000013.229
29Newbie CTF(N-CTF) 20198923.00000.000
42BackdoorCTF 2019201.00003.375
35TastelessCTF 2019470.00003.038
48Hack.lu CTF 2019946.00008.992
85SECCON 2019 Online CTF921.00006.048
197Rooters CTF247.00000.747
407Syskron Security CTF 2019210.00000.630
560Syskron Security CTF 201910.00000.630
86Balsn CTF 2019106.00000.622
74PwnThyBytes CTF 20191.00000.341
1190picoCTF 20199800.00000.000
137InCTF 2019150.00000.948
19SEC-T CTF 20192118.00008.757
228Newark Academy CTF 20193210.00008.913
21CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20193301.000027.851
105DefCamp CTF Qualification 2019105.00000.763
23Affinity CTF 2019 - Quals1561.00005.524
57N1CTF 2019239.00001.264
70TokyoWesterns CTF 5th 2019604.000017.277
56Chaos Communication Camp 2019294.00002.218
17HackCon 20193640.000011.573
116Crypto CTF 2019162.00001.079
268De1CTF 2019151.00000.417
171CyBRICS CTF Quals 2019120.00000.958
18HSCTF 611955.000017.173
84Facebook CTF 20191982.00002.427
97Security Fest 2019392.00002.343
65Harekaze CTF 2019510.00004.346
90RCTF 2019319.00001.398
30TSG CTF858.00003.391
75INS'hAck 2019657.00004.154
295UUT CTF60.00000.382
12Blaze CTF 20192520.000020.058
101ASIS CTF Quals 2019182.00002.581
190ångstromCTF 2019770.00003.378
98Midnight Sun CTF 2019 Quals307.00001.254
19Sunshine CTF 20191955.000014.332
106b00t2root '19438.00001.660
200VolgaCTF 2019 Qualifier300.00002.634
610CTF/TCTF 2019 Quals625.000010.499
72CONFidence CTF 2019 Teaser253.00002.667
23UCSB iCTF 201971.000025.944
41UTCTF 20194050.00004.266
30Pragyan CTF 20192325.000015.378
24Aero CTF 20192135.00008.623
25BSidesSF 2019 CTF690.00003.730
26TAMUctf 1917477.000030.128
5STEM CTF: Cyber Challenge 20191750.000018.498
57nullcon HackIM 20191039.00003.347
76FireShell CTF 2019502.00002.124
66Insomni'hack teaser 2019198.00003.934

Overall rating place: 144 with 123.772 pts in 2018

Country place: 13

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
14235C3 CTF94.00002.892
146X-MAS CTF 2018960.00001.918
141OtterCTF325.00001.232
28OverTheWire Advent Bonanza 20181601.00005.915
21Pwn2Win CTF 20181126.00008.792
100BCTF 2018231.00000.687
11RITSEC CTF 20184636.000014.651
139HCTF 2018140.84000.508
126Square CTF 201825685.00006.919
112SECCON 2018 Online CTF729.00004.711
26P.W.N. CTF1172.00006.378
35BSides Delhi CTF 2018876.00005.719
59HITCON CTF 2018566.00008.356
65Hack.lu CTF 2018907.000013.457
14HumanCTF880.00000.497
35Hackover CTF 20181006.00004.912
201Teaser Dragon CTF 201878.00000.992
166picoCTF 201820935.00000.000
136CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20181451.00008.124
298IceCTF 20181435.00006.479
160TokyoWesterns CTF 4th 2018277.00004.429
335Hackcon 201860.00000.944
329CODE BLUE CTF 2018 Quals38.00000.316
146ISITDTU CTF 2018 Quals110.00000.344
243CTFZone 2018 Quals1.00000.103
283Meepwn CTF Quals 2018200.00000.570
4STEM CTF: Cyber Challenge 20181400.00000.000
121Blaze CTF 2018420.00001.536
73Sunshine CTF 2018851.00001.947
279EasyCTF IV1080.00000.000
79nullcom HackIM 2018601.00002.134
92EvlzCTF200.00001.493
347Insomni'hack teaser 201837.00000.618

Overall rating place: 353 with 43.776 pts in 2017

Country place: 46

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
143Juniors CTF 2017500.00001.968
89hxp CTF 2017260.00001.961
82HCTF 2017171.54000.663
256HITCON CTF 2017 Quals50.00000.890
111Pwn2Win CTF 2017281.00001.359
9UConn CyberSEED 20171125.00000.000
174Hack Dat Kiwi 2017175.00001.332
56Kaspersky Industrial CTF Quals 20171500.00004.491
155DefCamp CTF Qualification 201752.00000.324
112CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20171976.00007.787
169PoliCTF 2017120.00000.670
187Google Capture The Flag 2017 (Quals)204.00000.922
14Sunshine CTF 2017876.00002.163
63VolgaCTF 2017 Quals1050.00005.943
3900CTF 2017 Quals12.00000.190
306UCSB iCTF 20175824.83070.186
249Pragyan CTF 2017210.00000.655
61nullcon HackIM 1651.00001.556
86BITSCTF 2017150.00003.005
71AlexCTF1940.000013.543
329Insomni'hack teaser 201750.00000.406

Overall rating place: 2528 with 3.101 pts in 2016

Country place: 160

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
90TUM CTF 2016277.00001.549
207Sunshine CTF 2016100.00000.287
2310CTF 2016 Quals1.00000.686
5790CTF 2016 Quals1.00000.686

Overall rating place: 465 with 19.261 pts in 2015

Country place: 55

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
219SECCON 2015 Online CTF800.00003.933
333TUM CTF Teaser0.00000.000
199EKOPARTY CTF 2015290.00002.828
245Hack.lu CTF 2015110.00001.300
175HITCON CTF 2015 Quals1.00000.296
211CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20151410.00008.411
184MMA CTF 1st 2015330.00002.493

Overall rating place: 358 with 27.836 pts in 2014

Country place: 48

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
389CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20141160.00007.888
189DEF CON CTF Qualifier 20143.00005.986
320Olympic CTF Sochi 201410.00000.302
53Ghost in the Shellcode 2014676.000013.660

Overall rating place: 436 with 23.369 pts in 2013

Country place: 51

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
61rwthCTF 20131073.00001.436
334Hack.lu CTF 20133.00000.257
160CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20132700.000013.421
71Ghost in the Shellcode 2013450.00008.255

Overall rating place: 231 with 30.677 pts in 2012

Country place: 32

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
56rwthCTF 20120.02001.238
54PoliCTF 2012300.00003.083
204Hack.lu CTF 2012200.00002.414
301CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20121500.00007.192
426CSAW CTF Qualification Round 2012600.00007.192
133DEF CON CTF Qualifier 2012600.000012.997
207PlaidCTF 201225.00000.836
189ForbiddenBITS CTF 20120.00000.000

Overall rating place: 68 with 82.034 pts in 2011

PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
43UCSB iCTF 2011154.00000.000
18rwthCTF 2011106890.00000.000
20CSAW CTF Qualification Round 20118600.00000.000
123DEF CON CTF Qualifier 2011500.00000.000
PlaceEventCTF pointsRating points
40UCSB iCTF 20090.00000.000

Organized CTF events

NameWeight
SwampCTF 201922.35
SwampCTF 201822.35

Team members

Team writeups

EventTaskAction
CyberSecurityRumble CTFweirdcomputer [300 + 174]read writeup
DamCTF 2020misc/electric-bovine [468]read writeup
b01lers CTF bootcamporacle [100]read writeup
csictf 2020Archenemy read writeup
redpwnCTF 2020SMarT-solver [475]read writeup
UTC-CTF 2019 Teasershellme read writeup
TUCTF 2019vulnmath read writeup
TUCTF 2019thefirst [379]read writeup
SECCON 2019 Online CTFsum [289]read writeup
SwampCTF 2019We Three Keys [144]read writeup
SwampCTF 2019Ghidra Release [310]read writeup
TAMUctf 19Bird Box Challenge [478]read writeup
nullcon HackIM 2019babypwn [495]read writeup
HITCON CTF 2018Super Hexagon [236]read writeup
nullcom HackIM 2018Exploitation 2 [300]read writeup
Kaspersky Industrial CTF Quals 2017Security home cameras [300]read writeup
Kaspersky Industrial CTF Quals 2017web keygen [700]read writeup
ASIS CTF Finals 2017Greg Lestrade [55]read writeup
Google Capture The Flag 2017 (Quals)Inst Prof [152]read writeup
VolgaCTF 2017 QualsTime Is [150]read writeup
RC3 CTF 2016Logmein [100]read writeup
RC3 CTF 2016Salad [100]read writeup
RC3 CTF 2016Somepang [50]read writeup
Hack The Vote 2016Vermatrix Supreme [100]read writeup
CSAW CTF Qualification Round 2016Sleeping Guard [50]read writeup
Google Capture The Flag 2016For2 [200]read writeup