Welcome!
We are a community of around 4,000 participants who took part in HMG's Cyber Discovery programme which ran in the UK from 2017-2021. The community is centered around our discord server, which consists of members from an highly talented, diverse range of backgrounds.
The focus of our server used to be centered around Cyber Discovery; however, over time the scope of our server evolved as the programme progressed though its lifecycle and was eventually sunset. Now our community hosts a more general student centric chat which leans towards a cyber security crowd but does not exclude other interest areas.
Who Are We?
At the program's inception, we were high school or A-level students, forming a loosely organized yet cohesive community united by our passion for Cyber Discovery. Over time, our alumni transitioned to university and careers in cybersecurity, with our current active members aged 18-26, primarily based in the US or UK. Throughout its active period, our server hosted a variety of participants, including club leaders, teachers, parents, official staff, and SANS Institute instructors, each contributing to the program at different levels.
Our server primarily features former participants from the UK, with some from the US Cyberstart version.
Open Source
Discord Bot
Main Site
Android App
Maths Bot
Elections Bot
Rich Presence
UK
Event | Date | Status |
---|---|---|
Cyber Discovery Year 1-4 | Q4 2017 - Q2 2021 | Finished |
US
Event | Date | Status |
---|---|---|
CyberStart America | 2020 - 2023 | Finished |
Cyber FastTrack America | 2020 - 2023 | Finished |
Rules
No discriminatory or adult content
No Spam
Keep spam or shitposting to #overflow
Appropriate channels should always be used
No spoilers
No harassment
No unauthorised invite links
No enticement of illegal activity
Sanctions
Adult Content/Doxing/Discrimination - Temporary (14 day) / Permanent ban
Harassment - Temporary (14 day) / Permanent Ban
Repeated Infractions, Consistent Spam - 3 hour mute
Spam, Reposting Deleted Content - Warning, followed by 1h mute if continued
Information
Be Respectful
Doxing
Reporting a Moderator/Appealing Punishments
Suggesting Changes to the Community
Practice Challenges
OverTheWire
https://overthewire.org
Hack The Box
https://www.hackthebox.eu
TryHackMe
https://tryhackme.com
VulnHub
https://www.vulnhub.com
SmashTheStack
http://smashthestack.org
Exploit Exercises
https://exploit.education/
Learn Concepts
Cybrary
https://www.cybrary.it
Udacity
https://eu.udacity.com
FutureLearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Real Python
https://realpython.com
Codecademy
https://www.codecademy.com
NSA's COMP3321
https://nsa.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com
Techquickie
https://www.youtube.com
Learn RE
https://www.begin.re
CTF Competitions
PicoCTF
https://picoctf.com
RACTF
https://ractf.co.uk
Reply Challenges
https://challenges.reply.com/
CTFtime
https://ctftime.org
Useful Tools
Replit
https://repl.it
DVWA
https://github.com
OWASP Cheatsheets
https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
Mitre Att&ck
https://attack.mitre.org
Pythonanywhere
https://www.pythonanywhere.com/
GitHub Student
https://education.github.com
YouTube Channels
LiveOverflow
https://www.youtube.com
Hak5
https://www.youtube.com
Seytonic
https://www.youtube.com
IppSec
https://www.youtube.com
TechLinked
https://www.youtube.com
13Cubed
https://www.youtube.com
Real Engineering
https://www.youtube.com
LinusTechTips
https://www.youtube.com
Interesting Blogs
Cloudflare
https://blog.cloudflare.com
Malwarebytes
https://blog.malwarebytes.com
Akamai
https://blogs.akamai.com
The Hacker News
https://thehackernews.com
Bleeping Computer
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com
VideoCardz
https://videocardz.com
Project Zero
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
Troy Hunt
https://www.troyhunt.com
Fascinating Podcasts
Darknet Diaries
https://darknetdiaries.com
Smashing Security
https://podcasts.google.com
Malicious Life
https://podcasts.google.com
Check Point
https://research.checkpoint.com
Role | Description |
---|---|
Root | Server Administrator |
Sudo | Server Moderator |
Agent J | Agent J himself |
Official Cyber Discovery Staff | Staff from the Cyber Discovery program |
Community Developer | Made significant contributions to the community GitHub projects |
Veteran - 2018/2019/2020/2021 | Qualified for CyberStart Elite in 2018/2019/2020/2021 |
Quote Czar | Have the ability to quote messages in #quotes |
Level [1-75] | Automatically assigned roles for MEE6 levels |
Year [9-13] | Corresponding school years |
Technically Adults | Those who are now older than any of the year roles |
Trusted | Can use external emoji, control Rythm and post embeds |
Nitro Booster | Those who have boosted our server allowing us to gain additional features |
Partner Server | From a server linked with or related to ours |
For Your Own Protection | Moderation role to hide all channels |
Muted | Cannot speak in any channel |
Announcements | Gets pinged when anything important is announced |
Gaming Announcements | Gets pinged for upcoming activity nights and gaming events |
Where are the channels?
Where do I ask about a particular challenge?
How do I ask something about Cyber Discovery?
What are activity nights?
How long did this programme run for?
What are year roles and pathways?
Who do I ask if I have a question about the server?
Where do I appeal a ban?
Who is Agent Q?
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- eohomegrownapps A gifted person who contributed code and helped fix a major issue.
- Lightspeedana An incredibly talented individual who contributed code, design and layout ideas.
- Picapi Valuable contributor and skilled fellow student studying Computer Science
- Bottersnike Web-dev extraordinaire who has an immense amount of knowledge for everything!
- thebeanogamer The guy in charge of everything and quite the gamer. Kept you waiting huh?
- Segway The terminator of typos and a great guy in general. Not to mention, likes Pokemon
- Bax Cat lover and amazing guy who helped with layout, code and inspiration
- Alphex Helped source the assets and layout for the site
- BritMonkey The original unofficially offical purveyor of Lynery and a master graphic designer. XD
- Linucks Hey that's me! I'm just trying to comprehend this complex world, one step at a time.