Enki Whitehat Takes No. 1 in Asia-Pacific at 2026 Kaspersky CTF
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Enki Whitehat said its research team, Odin, won the Asia-Pacific regional round of the 2026 Kaspersky CTF.
Kaspersky CTF is an online hacking defense competition for security teams from companies and academic institutions around the world, and it was held on August 29-30 across 5 regions, including North America, Europe and Asia.
The Odin team solved all 30 challenges, posting a total score of 4413 points and earning a berth in this year's SAS CTF in Bali, Indonesia.
Enki Whitehat said on the 1st that its research team had won the Asia-Pacific regional round of the 2026 Kaspersky CTF. The team representing Enki Whitehat researchers was named Odin.
Kaspersky CTF is an online hacking defense competition hosted by global security company Kaspersky for security teams from companies and academic institutions around the world. The competition was held online on August 29-30 across 5 regions, including North America, Europe and Asia, and each regional winner earned a ticket to Kaspersky's Security Analyst Summit (SAS) CTF.
Enki Whitehat's research team competed as Odin and finished No. 1 in the Asia-Pacific region. Including last year's win, Enki Whitehat has claimed the title for 2 consecutive years.
The Odin team, made up of 18 participants including Threat Research Team leader Chun Ho-jin, solved all 30 high-difficulty, practical challenges spanning a range of security fields, including system hacking, reverse engineering, web vulnerabilities, forensics, cryptography and AI security, and posted a total score of 4413 points after succeeding in solving high-difficulty practical problems across all areas.
With this result, the Odin team secured a berth in this year's SAS CTF in Bali, Indonesia. Enki Whitehat CEO Lee Seong-gwon said he was very proud of the consecutive achievements on the global stage by a team composed of the company's researchers, and added that the company plans to apply its offensive capabilities proven on the world stage to its products to deliver practical security that customers can rely on amid increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Hye-jin
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406311
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