Cyber Conflict:
The Tools and Techniques of Tomorrow

14-16 June 2024, 7A Posthuset, Central Stockholm

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Midnight Sun CTF Conference

MidnightSun houses Sweden’s biggest CTF event involving teams from all over the world. It has grown to include an offensive and policy focused conference by hackers, for hackers in Stockholm, Sweden.

This year, the conference theme is "Cyber Conflicts: The Tools and Techniques of Tomorrow". At Midnight Sun, talks revolve around offensive security, including advanced exploitation methods, reverse engineering, vulnerability detection and cyber strategy.

14-16 June 2024, Stockholm, Sweden

Event Speakers

Here are some of our speakers

Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Minister of Civil Defence

Frans Rosen

Frans Rosen

Co-Founder Detectify

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Dept. Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital

Lauren Moos

Lauren Moos

Principal ML Engineer

Travis Goodspeed

Travis Goodspeed

RE Legend

Julius Nicklasson

Julius Nicklasson

Sales engineer at Recorded Future

Justin Sherman

Justin Sherman

CEO @ Global Cyber Strategies

Thérèse Naess

Thérèse Naess

Head of NCSC

Kristoffer Sjöström

Kristoffer Sjöström

Chief Security Officer (CSO) at SEB

Fredrik Torp

Fredrik Torp

Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Vice President Corporate Security & Resilience at Vattenfall

Aapo Oksman

Aapo Oksman

Founder of Juurin Oy

Joel Engelcrona

Joel Engelcrona

Security researcher at ACNR

Mats Mägiste

Mats Mägiste

Head of Emerging technologies at TeliaCompany

Alice Bibaud

Alice Bibaud

Cybersecurity Engineer @ Margin Research

Charlotta Ridderstråle

Charlotta Ridderstråle

Strat. PM, Cyber Command, SwAF (Civilian)

Erik Mickols

Erik Mickols

Research Engineer @ RISE

Emre Süren

Emre Süren

Vulnerability Researcher @ NCRC

Karl Andersson

Karl Andersson

Professor, Dean CompSci @ LTU

Michael Cowell

Michael Cowell

Cybersecurity Engineer

Joe Lothan

Joe Lothan

Security Engineer

Ian Roos

Ian Roos

Organiser @ Pwnie Awards

Kibo Schaffer

Kibo Schaffer

CTF Player @ RPISEC

Evan Richter

Evan Richter

Security Engineer @ Margin Research

Event Schedule

Here is our event schedule

Speaker Dinner

Speaker, Sponsor and Organizer Dinner at local venue to be announced (Covered).

Introductions

Opening remarks by some of the Midnight Sun Organisers.

Julius Nicklasson

Harnessing Threat Intelligence for Proactive Protection by Julius Nicklasson

Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Keynote address presented by Swedish Minister of Civil Defense Carl-Oskar Bohlin

Midnight Sun CTF 2024: Cyber Conflict; The Tools and Techniques of Tomorrow

Charlotta Ridderstråle

Lightning talk by Charlotta Ridderstråle

Perspectioves from Swedish (Civilian) Armed Forces.

Networking

Networking

Take a little timeout.

Cybersecurity Panel

Cybersecurity - Panel

Presented by the CSO of SEB (Kristoffer Sjöström), the CSO of Vattenfall (Fredrik Torp), Head of Emerging Tech for Telia (Mats Mägiste) and the Head of NCSC (Thérèse Naess).

Joel Engelcrona

Build your own emulator for kernel snapshot fuzzing by Joel Engelcrona

Building an system emulator from scratch to fuzz hard-to-reach areas of the linux kernel.

Networking Lunch

Networking Lunch (Covered)

Provided lunch (free) on-site, grab a nibble and chat with industry peers

Justin Sherman

Russia’s Cyber Power Base: From Cybercriminals to Private Contractors by Justin Sherman

Karl Andersson

Lightening Talk by Karl Andersson

Emre Süren

Lightening Talk by Emre Süren

Networking

Networking

Take a little timeout.

Kateryna Chernohorenko

Talk by Kateryna Chernohorenko

Key insights from Deputy Minister of Defense for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitization for Ukraine.

Erik Mickol

Talk by Erik Mickol

Opening Night Drinks

Come enjoy some drinks with fellow conference attendees, speakers and organisers.

TBD

Talk by TBD

Fika

Fika

Take a little timeout.

Frans Rosen

Talk by Frans Rosen

Some insights from serial founder and bug bounty MVP, Frans Rosen.

CTF Begins / Pwn 1v1 Round 1

Let the games begin.

Lunch

Provided lunch (free) on-site, grab a nibble and chat with industry peers.

Aapo Oksman

Decrypting NordVPN by Aapo Oksman

Insights about security weaknesses in NordVPN.

TBD

Lightning Talk by Evan Richter

Decompiling Android APKs.

TBD

Lightning Talk by Ian Roos

Fika

Fika

Take a little timeout.

Kibo Schaffer

Lightning Talk by Kibo Schaffer

Applying "Bartle taxonomy of player types" to CTF challenges.

Michael Cowell

Lightning Talk by Michael Cowell

macOS user privacy protections.

Lauren Moos

Lightning Talk by Lauren Moos

Integrating program runtime information with LLMs.

Alice Bibaud

Lightning Talk by Alice Bibaud

Reagent: A state of the art open source analysis platform.

Pwn 1v1 Semi Finals

Top individuals from the Pwn 1v1 competition battle it out for the top spot.

Second Night Drinks

Come enjoy some drinks with fellow conference attendees, speakers and organisers. Location to be announced shortly before departure.

To be announced...

To be announced...

CTF Ends/ Pwn 1v1 Finals

The final battle for the best of the best.

To be announced...

Closing Remarks and Award Ceremonies

Winners, prizes, quizzes, and more.

Sponsored CTF Only After-Party (off-site)

CTF players and some sponsors can unwind after a gruelling 24 hours.

Departures

Venue

Event venue location info and gallery

7A Posthuset, Central Stockholm

Located just a stone's throw from Stockholm Central Station, 7A Posthuset is a stunning building built in 1903 and used to house the Swedish postal service but was later converted into a spacious conference center.

Hotels

Here are some nearby hotels

Hobo Hotel

Hobo Hotel

0.6km from the Venue

Sheraton Stockholm Hotel

Sheraton Stockholm Hotel

0.5km from the Venue

Scandic Continental

Scandic Continental

0.2km from the Venue

Sponsors

F.A.Q

  • A three day hacker conference and CTF event held in Stockholm, Sweden. It focuses on the brudge between the policy and technical aspects of cyber security.

  • Midnight Sun grew out of the annual CTF finals event that was run by HackingForSoju.

  • In the far north, for one day every summer, the sun does not set. This phenomenon is referred to as the midnight sun.

  • Midnight Sun is held in Stockholm, Sweden for three days in June.

  • Have fun, share knowledge and don't harass anyone.

  • No but be safe, smart and follow logical practices.

  • Attend lectures, watch the CTF finals, compete in the 1v1 pwn competition and hang out with some of the finest hackers in downtown Stockholm.

  • Yes!

  • The Midnight Sun Conference is mostly invite only but you can submit talk ideas to our organisers email or twitter account.

  • No, all children aged 8 or under get free entry.

  • There is no specific age limit and there will be some minors involved in the hacking competition, however, please be advised that there will be alcohol at some mixer events and as such anybody under the age of 18 should be accompanied by an adult in order to attend those events.

  • Absolutely. You will be able to connect to a WiFi network at the event.

  • Our players, speakers and some attendees will be staying at the first hotel shown on the venue page.

Buy Tickets

Tickets can be purchased with PayPal or with a credit card (no PayPal account required).

Student
$80 (800SEK)

  • Regular Seating
  • Coffee Breaks
  • Custom Badge
  • Sponsor Swag
  • Networking Happy Hour
  • Sponsor After Party
  • Networking Corporate Lunch

Regular
$200 (2000SEK)

  • Regular Seating
  • Coffee Breaks
  • Custom Badge
  • Sponsor Swag
  • Networking Happy Hour
  • Sponsor After Party
  • Networking Corporate Lunch

Professional
$480 (4800SEK)

  • Regular Seating
  • Coffee Breaks
  • Custom Badge
  • Sponsor Swag
  • Networking Happy Hour
  • Sponsor After Party
  • Networking Corporate Lunch