About

about

Hey, i’m tyler, aka acni. I’m a college freshman at Purdue University looking to work in cybersecurity. Currently, I’m interested in low-level exploitation and penetration testing. I’m also an active CTF player, playing binary exploitation and OSINT for various teams.

Current & Past Teams

CVEs

CTF Placements

Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) Greater Lakes

Blue Team at Purdue

1st🥇

National Cyber League Individual Fall 2026

acni!

3rd🥉

CSAW CTF 2026 Quals

0xf1sh

5th

LIT CTF (High School)

0xf1sh

1st 🥇

DEFCON CTF 34 Finals

Shellphish

10th

b01lersCTF 2026 (Human Div)

Shellphish

3rd🥉

TJCTF 2026 (HS)

acni solo run

4th

DEFCON CTF Qualifiers 2026

Shellphish (i had 0 contribution)

11th

Garden State CTF Quals 2026

Kitty Wizard Money Gang

2nd 🥈

picoCTF 2026

Enthion (scoops ahoy)

7th

Batman's Kitchen 2026

Enthion

2nd 🥈

0xL4ugh CTF 2026 v5

0xfun

3rd 🥉

MetaCTF FlashCTF January (CyberBay Qualifiers)

0xf1sh

1st 🥇

PascalCTF 2026

0xf1sh

4th

Scarlet CTF 2026 (Rutgers)

0xf1sh

3rd 🥉

NexHunt CTF

0xfun

2nd 🥈

niteCTF 2025

tjcsc

1st 🥇

P3rf3ctr00t CTF 2025

0xfun

1st 🥇

amateursCTF 2025 (HS Bracket)

0xf1sh

2nd 🥈

NCL 2025 Team Game (HS Bracket)

0xf1sh

1st 🥇

NCL 2025 Team Game (College Bracket)

0xf1sh

3rd 🥉

spookyCTF 2025 (NJIT)

0xfun

1st 🥇

NCL 2025 Individual Game (HS Bracket)

acni

1st 🥇

QnQSec 2025

0xfun

1st 🥇

Garden State CTF 2025

Kitty Wizard Money Gang

4th