A team of four Computer Science students from the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FICT) shone for UTAR once again. The team secured second prize and third prize in the KPMG Cyber Security Challenge in the category of Malaysia Challenge and Cross Country Challenge respectively. The team also qualified as one the best teams to compete in the Finals where they competed against the best teams from Thailand for the Cross Country Challenge.
The KPMG Cyber Security Challenge 2018 was held on 28 November 2018 at Bangsar South.
Proud winners and finalists (from left): Lim, Lai, Chan and Chow
The team, An Unexpected Journey, was comprised of Lim Yun Kai, Lai Wing Khang, Chow Jenn Pang and Chan Yee San. They won the prizes and walked away with a cash prize of RM2,000. The team was mentored by FICT lecturers, namely Dr P. Vasaki, Dr Aun Yichiet and Dr Robithoh Annur.
Held for the fourth consecutive years, this year the KPMG Cyber Challenge was comprised of two separate competitions, namely Cyber Technology Challenge and Cyber Security Challenge. Both the Challenges focused on the ability of undergraduates in developing innovative and real-world business solutions. Under the Cyber Security Challenge, the participants were tested in reverse engineering, steganography, cryptography, programming, network analysis, infrastructure hacking, web application security and digital forensics. It also tested the participants’ thinking abilities in business terms by providing them with real digital fraud scenarios.
One of the winners, Lim said, “What an unexpected journey! Awesome games, fun experience, cool teammates, great teamwork and tremendous luck. I guess that pretty much sums up my last competition as a student.”
Echoing Lim’s statement, Lai said, “It is fun to join the KPMG competition and I am glad that we garnered second prize in KPMG Malaysia Challenge and third place in the Cross Country Challenge. I have learnt a lot from the competition. Besides, I would like to thank my lecturers, namely Dr Vasaki, Dr Aun and Dr Robithoh for providing me the opportunity to join the challenge.” He also thanked his teammates for their effortless teamwork shown throughout the challenge.”
Meanwhile, Chow expressed, “Well, it is really unexpected and we never thought that we can get such achievement in the competition. The KPMG Cyber Security Challenge was fun and interesting, and the questions were tricky yet difficult. I learnt a lot through the competition, like different hacking technique, hacking-tools and also different hacking fields that I have never learnt in school. It really opened up my mind towards cyber security. Besides, I would like to thank Dr Vasaki, Dr Aun and Dr Robithoh for giving me this opportunity to participate in the competition. I would also like to thank my teammates, Yun Kai, Wing Khang and Yee San. It was their contribution that brought us the first runner-up in KPMG Malaysia Challenge and the second runner-up for the Cross Country Challenge. Participating in this competition allowed me to explore more on cyber security and enhanced my hacking skills. Students from FICT are encouraged to involve themselves more in these type of events so that they can learn more about cyber security, which will be useful for their future.”
Last but not the least, Chan enthused, “This competition is a great way to strengthen my problem-solving skills and increase my understanding of how technologies work by learning to solve those interesting and challenging puzzles. I truly appreciate my teammates who have helped me a lot during the competition. I'm so glad that we have even made it into the third place during the Cross Country Challenge.”
The team, An Unexpected Journey scored 82.94% in the competition.
In addition to that, another team of four, NoobCTF player which scored 61.28% won the fifth place in the KPMG Cyber Security Challenge 2018 and also qualified in the Finals. The team is comprised of Communications and Networking students Yeaw Yuan Hang, Tian Xiang Yang and Tai Li Ting, and Computer Science student Ho Lian De.
Fifth place winners (from left): Ho, Tai, Tian and Yeaw
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