# Q&A Session with Snyk & John Hammond: Your Fetch the Flag Questions, Answered

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/your-fetch-the-flag-questions-answered-with-snyk-and-john-hammond/>)

Author: Taylor Macomber; Gina Fitzpatrick

Published: 2025-04-01T04:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

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## AI overview

This article presents a live Q&A following Snyk's Fetch the Flag CTF event. Cybersecurity educator John Hammond, challenge designer Matt Kiely, and developer advocates answer questions about getting started with CTFs, collaborating with the security community, using Netcat and pwntools, and automating challenge interactions with Python socket tools. It also introduces a challenge involving JavaScript's Math.random() and discusses securely using generative AI coding tools.

## Source excerpt

Here are five standout questions and answers from Snyk's Fetch the Flag CTF event on February 27 and 28. Sit down with cybersecurity educator and developer influencer John Hammond--along with challenge designer Matt Kiely (aka huskyhacks), and developer advocates Micah Silverman, Sonya Moisset, Vandana Verma, and Elliot Ward--for a live Q&A session.