SANReN hosted its sixth Cyber Security Challenge during the CHPC National Meeting 2022 at the International Convention Centre, CSIR in Pretoria, from 28 November to 01 December 2022.
The purpose of the competition is to stimulate interest in Cyber Security in the field of network/information security within Southern African tertiary education institutions. Thus, the competition is aimed at university students who are interested in information security fields such as penetration testing, incident response, digital forensics and security training. During the competition students were exposed to ethical hacking challenges.
The following teams qualified to participate in the final round:
- Akai – North-West University
- Cache Money – University of Pretoria (CS)
- Cyber Codex – Botho University (Lesotho)
- DaemonSlayers – University of the Witwatersrand (CS)
- Decipherers – Rhodes University
- Hack Elite – Tshwane University of Technology
- Havana4 – University of the Western Cape
- Piranhas – University of Cape Town (Eng)
- The A Team – Durban University of Technology
- The Whack Hack – Malawi University of Science and Technology
Capture the Flag (CTF) Challenge
The final scoreboard at the end of the CTF challenge is:
First Place: Cache Money – University of Pretoria (CS)
Second place: DaemonSlayers – University of the Witwatersrand (CS)
Third Place: Akai – North-West University
Attack and Defend Challenge
Cache Money – University of Pretoria (CS)
Bonus Challenges
API Challenge: Cache Money – University of Pretoria (CS)
Exploitdroid Challenge: Decipherers – Rhodes University
Social Engineering Challenge: Piranhas – University of Cape Town (Eng)
Sponsors
Much appreciation goes to our Cyber Security Challenge 2022 Sponsors
