What we do

MIST is equal parts research group, capture-the-flag roster, and community hub for cybersecurity enthusiasts on campus. Here is how we keep things moving every semester.

Programs we run

• Sudo Saturdays – Weekly lab hours where anyone can join an attack/defense scenario, reverse binaries, or learn how to break (and fix) things.
• Bootcamps & workshops – Fast-paced primers before Club Expo, freshers’ induction sprints, and collaborative problem-solving nights.
• Public write-ups – Every major solve or experiment ends up as a Cache article, Typewriter story, or Hall-of-Fame entry.
• Competitive squads – We field red and blue teams for Nullcon HackIM, InCTF, and other national / international CTFs.

Recent highlights

• Club Expo 2024 – Introduced 300+ freshers to hands-on cybersecurity, showcasing our in-house attack/defense range.
• Internal bootcamps – Summer drills on reverse engineering, binary exploitation, and purple-teaming to prep for the academic cycle.
• Community outreach – Collaboration nights with other MAHE clubs plus open-source tooling drops documented on the Cache.

We’re still migrating the visual timeline from the legacy what-we-do page. The old site stays online while we polish this version.