Kaspersky CTF Announces Regional Winners in Global Cybersecurity Contest
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Kaspersky on the 30th announced the five regional winners of Kaspersky{CTF}, a global cybersecurity competition.
The contest was held on August 30, with 1,657 teams from 98 countries divided into five regions to solve security challenges for 24 hours.
The regional winners were Odin, Security Hub, Fluid Attacks, CUT, and VoidSec, and Odin won the Asia-Pacific region for the second year in a row.
Kaspersky on the 30th announced the five regional winners of the global cybersecurity competition, Kaspersky{CTF}. The announcement was based on the results of the company’s global cybersecurity contest.
This year’s competition was co-hosted by Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) and the Kaspersky Academy, marking the second consecutive year of joint hosting. The contest was held on August 30.
A total of 1,657 teams from 98 countries took part, and the teams were divided into five regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Middle East, Africa and other regions. They competed for 24 hours by solving security challenges based on various techniques used in cyberattacks.
Kaspersky also announced the five regional first-place teams. Odin (Korea) took first place in Asia-Pacific, Security Hub (Italy) in Europe, Fluid Attacks (Colombia) in North America, CUT (Russia) in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and VoidSec (Morocco) in the Middle East, Africa and other regions.
Odin is a team made up of researchers from the Korean security company Enki WhiteHat, and it won the Asia-Pacific region for the second year in a row. Along with the other four teams, Odin will take part in the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (SAS), which will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from October 20 to 23.
These five teams will compete in SAS CTF, the summit’s onsite contest. In SAS CTF, competition takes place in an Attack-Defense format using new challenges.
The lineup for SAS CTF was made up of the five Kaspersky{CTF} winning teams and eight teams that advanced through the SAS CTF qualifiers. Accordingly, the Kaspersky{CTF} winners and the qualifying teams will face off over new challenges.
Leonid Bezveshenko described hands-on, field-based experience and technical skill as key differentiators in the cybersecurity field. He said Kaspersky{CTF} serves as a venue where participants apply their capabilities in scenarios that reflect real-world problems.
The speaker said AI use increased in this year’s competition, but noted that the most important and complex challenges still required participants’ expertise. He added that this year’s contest clearly showed that point, and said he looks forward to meeting the winning teams at the SAS onsite finals.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Ho-jun
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