UMA’s very own Flynn Weeks is the winner of the Samsung QLEDecode contest! She is a student in the UMA BS Cybersecurity program and a UMA Cyber Moose team member.

The Samsung QLEDecode contest was to promote the launch of the much anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, an alternate reality cyber game, where game players experience an aspect of hacking. The contest had 11,000 entrants and was a journey that began on Oct. 26th. Contestants had to find clues and solve puzzles online that culminated in a scavenger hunt. The final game night was live-streamed through Twitch.

Way to go Flynn on this big win!!

• 8th in Forensics
• 12th in Log Analysis

And, ranked in the top 100 for these categories:

• 25th Password Cracking
• 47th Open Source Intelligence
• 63rd Enumeration & Exploitation
• 63rd Network Traffic Analysis
• 65th Cryptography

The NCL postseason team championships took place on the weekend of November 6-8, 2020. Competencies measured in NCL National Championship Postseason game included open source intelligence, network traffic analysis, log analysis, scanning & reconnaissance, forensics, cryptography, password cracking, web application and exploitation, and enumeration & exploitation.

During the NCL regular season, 6,011 players participated from all over the country on an individual basis. One UMA student ranked in the top 100 players. Rob Rapalus finished 64th overall.

For more information about the NCL visit: .

Cyber Moose

Cyber Moose is a competitive cybersecurity team, founded in the fall of 2017 at UMA. Students from any level in cybersecurity and any degree program may participate. Through competitions, team members seek to compete nationwide and work together to improve their knowledge and skills. Team members challenge themselves in defensive and offensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style competitions, which are closer to workplace experience over that of formal education by stressing application over theory. Preparation & participation in competitions provides real-world scenarios that will be helpful in becoming well-trained experts and improving individual skills sets.

Learn more about Cyber Moose.

Updated 1/5/2021

• 4th in Open Source Intelligence,
• 15th in Cryptography,
• 9th in Password cracking
• 7th in Log Analysis,
• 17th in Network Traffic Analysis,
• 3rd & 9th in Wireless Access Exploitation, and
• 3rd in Scanning.

The NCL postseason team championships took place on the weekend of April 17-19, 2020. Competencies measured in NCL National Championship Postseason game included open source intelligence, network traffic analysis, log analysis, scanning & reconnaissance, wireless access exploitation, cryptography, password cracking, web application and exploitation, and enumeration & exploitation.

During the NCL regular season, 5,356 players participated from all over the country on an individual basis. One UMA student ranked in the top 100 players. Joseph Gelebart finished 81st overall.

For more information about the NCL visit: .

Cyber Moose

Cyber Moose is a competitive cybersecurity team, founded in the fall of 2017 at UMA. Students from any level in cybersecurity and any degree program may participate. Through competitions, team members seek to compete nationwide and work together to improve their knowledge and skills. Team members challenge themselves in defensive and offensive puzzle-based, capture-the-flag style competitions, which are closer to workplace experience over that of formal education by stressing application over theory. Preparation & participation in competitions provides real-world scenarios that will be helpful in becoming well-trained experts and improving individual skills sets.

Learn more about Cyber Moose.

Let the cyber games begin!

The National Cyber League (NCL) competition started April 3 with individual games. Cyber Moose had members in the top 100! The Cyber Moose is our cyber competition team. The NCL team games begin April 17 and Cyber Moose is ready to go!

The NCL are cyber games online, students perform ethical hacking and solve cyber puzzles individually and in teams. Not only is it super fun, but it looks great on a resume no matter what career path you choose! If you want to join in the fun contact the Captains: Samuel Livingston and Rob Rapalus at cybermoose@maine.edu.

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More about UMA Cybersecurity clubs and chapters.

Let the cyber games begin!

The National Cyber League (NCL) competition started April 3. The Cyber Moose, our cyber competition team, is ready to go! The cyber games are online. Students perform ethical hacking and solve cyber puzzles individually and in teams. Not only is it super fun, but it looks great on a resume no matter what career path you choose!

If you want to join in the fun, contact us at cybermoose@maine.edu.

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More about UMA Cybersecurity clubs and chapters.

• 1st in Network Traffic Analysis,
• 1st in Wireless Access Exploitation,
• 5th in Open Source Intelligence,
• 5th in Scanning and Recon,
• 7th in Log Analysis.

The NCL postseason team championships took place the weekend of November 16-18, 2018. Competencies measured in NCL National Championship Postseason game included open source intelligence, network traffic analysis, log analysis, scanning & reconnaissance, wireless access exploitation, cryptography, password cracking, web application and exploitation, and enumeration & exploitation.

During the NCL regular season, 3324 players participated from all over the country on an individual basis. Three UMA students ranked in the top 100 players. Jason McLean finished 2nd overall, and 1st nationwide in the Web Application Exploitation category. Pierre Laot placed 43rd overall, and Aaron Sawyer placed 49th overall. Samantha Wilkins finished 1st in the Password Cracking category.

For more information about the NCL visit: .

Cyber Moose

The Cyber Moose is Â鶹APP cybersecurity team created in 2017 for team competitions. Through national competitions, team members seek to compete nationwide and work together to improve their knowledge and skills. Cyber Moose recruits students from any level in cybersecurity. The preparation for and participation in the competitions provide real world scenarios that will be helpful in becoming well-trained experts and improving their individual skills sets. This in turn
will be a strong advantage in various professions. Team members work together, learn from each other and challenge themselves.

More information about Cyber Moose.