Projects

Current Activities

Currently, the club's main activity is organizing the student team that competes in the annual MITRE Embedded CTF (eCTF) competition.

Background: eCTF

The MITRE Embedded CTF is a 13-week embedded security competition that takes place each spring. Student teams from around the world must design a secure embedded system during the Design Phase, and attempt to break the security of other teams' designs during the Attack Phase. Success in the eCTF requires deep engineering expertise across multiple disciplines, such as cryptography, embedded systems, hardware design, and DevOps.

Achievements

CMU has won the eCTF every year since 2022, and our firmware designs have never been successfully attacked since 2023.

YearOverall PlacementAdditional Awards
20192ndResponsible Disclosure, Best Writeup
20221stSCA Master
20231stHardware Hacker
20241stResponsible Disclosure
20251st—
2026Ongoing—