Hack The Box at Open Coffee Athens CIV
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The document provides an overview of the hacking and penetration testing community, emphasizing skills like perseverance and rapid learning over prior knowledge of systems or programming. It discusses the creation of the 'Hack The Box' platform, highlighting its unique approach to gamified cybersecurity training and its growth in user engagement and consumer revenue. Additionally, it covers funding efforts and acquisition offers while expressing a commitment to maintaining the integrity of the platform.
Hack The Box at Open Coffee Athens CIV
- 2. Who is a Hacker / Pen-Tester? Hackers (in our context) are individuals that employ several techniques and methodologies to gain unauthorized/not intended access to systems. How can I become One? • NOT by googling “how to hack?” J • Primary skill is perseverance • Willing to dive into the unknown with certainty that you will succeed • Knowledge of systems and/or programming is a plus but not mandatory ( you’ll learn both in the process) • Key skill is the ability to learn fast
- 3. 2017 Let’s make a platform allowing users to hack stuff! • Free for everyone • Instant play (no downloading VMs) • Unite the community and promote exchanging of ideas • Total cost: 50EUR/Month • Monetize from company ads and sponsorships (epic fail) • Started only with a Greek UI Tried to pivot back to security from systems engineering • Expensive, non-practical training • Practical training was even more expensive and/or outdated • Vulnhub (the only free hands-on hacking website) was unrealistic and not practical
- 4. A Pen-Tester’s Playground Hack The Box is an online platform providing labs and challenges for cyber security training. By employing several social and gamification elements Hack The Box makes the learning experience fun and rewarding.
- 9. Founders Team Aris Zikopoulos Chief Commercial Officer Haris Pylarinos Chief Executive Officer James Hooker Chief Technology Officer
- 10. From newbies to pros, cryptos to reverse engineers, HTB has something for everyone. - Adrian Dinca Hacking and achievement points. What's not to like? HTB is an awesome training platform. - Laurence D you guys rock!!!!! you guys rock!!!!! you guys rock!!!!! - Mohamed K. You guys are awesome ,I'm learning so much here, better than all other CTF's out there. Meeting so many new friends and learning along with them, all this experience is the best. Thanks, a lot. :D - Shaksham This is amazing! I am learning more, and faster, than I ever have before. - Pauli Great website. Having you figure the invite code in your own indicates that this will be a fun run. - Theo E. I'm addicted to this site, it's been the best platform to learn pen testing and cyber security. it really puts you in the deep end and pushes you to learn with a hint of competition. Excellent! - Matt M Wow what an amazing learning experience this is, thank you HTB!!! <3 – Mark V.
- 13. 2018 Acquisition Offers • 1st Offer from major training provider (never got a final offer) • 2nd Offer from major competitor (7-digits) • But HTB is our baby, will they treat it well? • Should we? Becoming millionaires in 1 year is not a bad bet after all
- 14. 2018 VC Funding • £1m into the company • All money goes in the company, still poor :( • HTB could thrive • Should we? Becoming millionaires (now) was not our goal after all
- 15. Investing starts… Despite our efforts, currently our position is £1.1m
- 16. Growth in users 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Users (x1000) 184k registered hackers
- 17. Growth in activity 5.3k owns (hacks) per day 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Owns (x1000)
- 18. Growth in consumer revenue 12% conversion free -> paid 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 VIP (Paid) Subscribers
- 21. Thank you! Haris Pylarinos / ch4p@hackthebox.eu