{"id":76,"date":"2018-12-06T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csc.ac.za\/?p=76"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:10:15","slug":"sanrencsc2018finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Security Challenge 2018 Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Much appreciation goes to our Cyber Security Challenge 2018 Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mwr.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/microsoft.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>SANReN hosted its second Cyber Security Challenge during the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.chpc.ac.za\/event\/33\/overview\">CHPC National Conference 2018<\/a> at the Century City Conference Center in Cape Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition was split into two rounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>During the first round, students competed for placement in the final round. Over two hundred students from more than ten universities competed in the qualification round that was hosted during September and October 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During the final round, 38 students comprising ten teams competed over a span of four days from the 2nd to 5th December 2018. Much fun was had by the students during the competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following teams participated in the final round:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>misJUDged (BRICS Champions) \u2013\u00a0 University of Pretoria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Down Town Cookie Factory \u2013 University of Pretoria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wits Hacky Sac \u2013 University of the Witwatersrand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PUK3 \u2013 North West University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GGEZ \u2013 University of the Western Cape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mirai \u2013 Rhodes University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bit Phase \u2013 Stellenbosch University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bureau 122 \u2013 University of Cape Town<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NUST4 \u2013 Namibia University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cyber Nerds \u2013 University of Botswana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The final scoreboard at the end of the 2018 competition was as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/csc2018ctfscores-1024x601.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242\" style=\"width:459px;height:269px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/csc2018ctfscores-1024x601.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/csc2018ctfscores-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/csc2018ctfscores-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/csc2018ctfscores.png 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20181st.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20181st.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20181st.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20181st-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20181st-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>1st Place<\/strong><br>misJUDged, University of Pretoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20182nd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20182nd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20182nd.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20182nd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20182nd-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>2nd Place<\/strong><br>BitPhase, Stellenbosch University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20183rd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20183rd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20183rd.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20183rd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc20183rd-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>3rd Place<\/strong><br>Downtown Cookie Factory, University of Pretoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hts.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hts-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Hack the Server<\/strong><br>misJUDged, University of Pretoria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hc.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018hc-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Hash Challenge<\/strong><br>GGEZ, University of the Western Cape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018sec.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018sec.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018sec.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018sec-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.csc.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/csc2018sec-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Social Engineering Challenge<\/strong><br>Various<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much appreciation goes to our Cyber Security Challenge 2018 Sponsors SANReN hosted its second Cyber Security Challenge during the CHPC National Conference 2018 at the Century City Conference Center in Cape Town. 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