100+
Competition reps that count
Weekly practice and CTFs since 2022 turn theory into muscle memory before it matters in a live round100+.
21 people 
make up the
University of 
Bari security lab.
Peer-led
Mentors ahead of you
Every session is run by members who went through the same training track themselves, not outside instructors.
Open
Public record of work
CVEs, forensic tools, and writeups get published, not shelved, so the research holds up outside the lab.
A team that keeps growing.
We are a team of students, graduates, and researchers from the University of Bari Aldo Moro, united by a passion for cybersecurity.
What started as a small student group has become a community that carries knowledge forward, stays involved after graduation, and records what it learns along the way.
Born at UniBa
Mntcrl began with a small group of University of Bari students who wanted to learn cybersecurity by doing it together.
Built across generations
Students become mentors, graduates stay involved, and each new cohort inherits the knowledge and culture of the previous one.
Notes from the field
Competitions, discoveries, mistakes, and milestones become a public record of how the team keeps evolving.
Driven by values
Drawn from our association manifesto, these values shape how the lab competes, teaches, researches, and shares practical security knowledge.
Competitive excellence
We use CTF competitions to sharpen practical skills, test ourselves under pressure, and represent the University of Bari on national and international stages.
Educational mission
We grow cybersecurity culture through workshops, courses, seminars, and direct teaching support for students entering the field.
Research focus
We investigate CVEs and vulnerabilities across hardware, software, web systems, and connected devices, then turn findings into public work.
Ethical foundation
We guide new generations toward an ethical, responsible understanding of cybersecurity and the judgment required to use technical skill well.
Knowledge sharing
We bring practical security knowledge outside the lab through seminars, workshops, and crash courses for the wider community.
Team continuity
We pass responsibilities and hard-won knowledge forward so the team remains reliable as members graduate, change roles, or move on.
Lab accessibility
We keep the laboratory open and staffed regularly, giving students a dependable place to learn, practice, and ask for help.
Environment respect
We keep the shared lab clean, orderly, and quiet, respecting the people, equipment, and teaching spaces around us.
Meet the team.
A community of students, graduates, and researchers who found their way into security through the lab and now compete, teach, and publish together.
Vincenzo Turturro
Web Security, Misc, Infrastructure
Pietro Loparco
Software, Hardware Security
Salvatore Abello
Web Security, Infrastructure
Alessio Carbonara
Misc, Forensics, Pwn
Nicola Balzano
Cryptography, Hardware Security
Marco Ferrara
Forensics, Incident Response
VLC
Mascotte, Media Player
Claudio Ripa
Infrastructure
Leo Ventura
Infrastructure
Emanuele Tamborrino
Reverse, OSINT
Paolo Gabriele Schiraldi
Web Security, Misc
Davide Nicolazzo
Software, Web Security
Francesco Peluso
Cryptography, Software Security
Ivan Terracciano
Pwn, Software Security
Diego Lasorsa
Pwn, Software Security
Valerio Bertinetto
Cryptography
Pier Nicola D'Addetta
Pwn, Software Security
Vincenzo Reca
Software Security
Giuseppe Moscatelli
Web Security
Domenico Mastrolonardo
Software Security
Vincenzo Cantatore
Reverse, Software Security
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