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OTC CatchUp #277

Authors: Alpesh Bhagwatkar · Ankush Kapoor

Date: 28-02-2026

Duration: 1 hr 57 mins

Topics Discussed

  • OTC Talks #11 took place, followed by the weekly catch-up session.

  • Alpesh demonstrated how HackTheBox (HTB) serves as an interactive and hands-on platform for learning cybersecurity concepts.

  • Ayush talked about the complexity of modern bootloaders and contextualized the one he implemented as a fairly basic version compared to what exists in the real world today.

    • He briefly walked through how UEFI and Secure Boot have made the bootloader landscape significantly more involved compared to legacy BIOS days.

    • There was a quick tangent about whether understanding bootloaders is still a relevant skill or mostly niche territory for embedded and kernel folks.

Attendees

  1. Alpesh Bhagwatkar

  2. Ankush Kapoor

  3. Chirag Nayyar

  4. Darshan Rander

  5. Kartik Soneji

  6. Aezyus

  7. Ayush Shukla

  8. David Porathur

  9. Janvi Matani

  10. Kushagra Mehta

  11. Kushagra Saxena

  12. Rehan S

  13. SHUBHRANIL PAUL

  14. Shafin

  15. Siddhesh Varhadi

  16. Tanya Rodrigues

  17. Vedant Patil

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