Chattanooga Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Meetings
Chattanooga Hackers Anonymous (CHA / NoogaHackers) is a local technology community for people interested in cybersecurity, ethical hacking, computers, privacy, programming, and how complex systems work.
Next Chattanooga Meetup
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- Schedule
- Last Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM Eastern
- Area
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Venue
- [REDACTED] — explore the site or contact CHA for current details
- Experience
- Beginners, students, working professionals, researchers, makers, and longtime hackers are welcome
Cybersecurity and Technology Topics
Meeting subjects depend on what members are researching, building, defending, breaking in authorized labs, or learning. Topics may include:
- Ethical hacking and penetration testing
- Linux, command-line tools, and open source
- Computer networking, Wi-Fi, DNS, and protocols
- Capture the Flag competitions and security labs
- Reverse engineering and malware analysis
- Digital forensics and incident response
- Red team, blue team, and defensive security
- Threat intelligence and vulnerability research
- Web, application, API, and cloud security
- Hardware hacking, embedded systems, and IoT
- Software-defined radio, RF, and wireless security
- Artificial intelligence, automation, and AI security
- Privacy, cryptography, and digital rights
- Programming, scripting, DevOps, and homelabs
What to Expect
- Lightning talks, project demos, technical presentations, and community announcements
- Hands-on learning using authorized labs, personal hardware, and intentionally safe targets
- Open discussion, troubleshooting, career conversation, social time, and Q&A
- A welcoming environment where curiosity matters more than credentials
New to Cybersecurity?
You do not need to be a penetration tester or security professional to attend. If you are learning Linux, studying for a security certification, building a homelab, writing code, exploring electronics, or simply curious about technology, you will find people to learn with in Chattanooga.
Read our Code of Conduct and safe-lab rules, then contact the community if you have questions about attending.