Alex rare Sokolov

I am

Participating in CTFs. Mostly crypto related tasks .
Graduated from the NRU MEPhI, Information Security. '24
Currently getting a master's degree in HSE, Information Security and Artificial Intelligence. '26
Working as Security Consultant in Aztec Labs for a year. Mostly auditing the internal circuits for soundness and completeness.
Broke boy

Tech stack

Python - Intermediate
C - Advanced Beginner
Go - Beginner
Julia - Beginner
Rust - Average Enjoyer

Accomplishments

High School

Math olympiad "Физтех по математике 2020", 1st place
Russian language finals, could be worse.

University

😞
😞 Cup CTF 2022, 2nd place
😞 RuCTF 2023, 4th(3rd) place
😞 Information Security olympiad "я профессионал 2023, безопасность информационных систем и технологий критически важных объектов", 3rd place
😞 VolgaCTF 2023, 2nd place
😞 Cup CTF 2023, 1st place
😞 Crypto CTF 2024, 8ht place

Holding CTFs

Development of a tasks for the internal A/D competitions of the NRU MEPhI
Development of tasks for the second qualifying round of "НТО" in Information Security 2022
Development of tasks for CTFZONE 2023 finals
Development of tasks for CTFZONE 2024 quals

Listen, watch or read

MEPhI CTF Meetup 2023 - ZKP: why are we proving something and who asked
OFFZONE2023 - Elliptic Curve Cryptography overview
Cryptography Coruse for MEPhI CTF - Lectures

Languages

🇬🇧 English - Intermediate

Style

ne-bknn