A short list of the competitions that went well. Three of them are team results with UIT.Wolf_Brigade and one with international friends, across Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and China. The last entry is Flare-On, I go back to every year because it is the only one where reverse engineering is the whole contest rather than one category inside it.
[2025-28-10] XCTF Final 2025 §
Won the First prize in the International group XCTF Final
Playing with international teams in XCTF that held at Ningbo,China and won the first prize!
[2024-22-11] ASEAN Cyber Shield 2024 §
Won the First prize in the General group ASEAN Cyber Shield 2024
The team of the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City excellently won the First Prize in the General group of the ASEAN Cyber Shield 2024 contest with a total value of 20,000 USD.
Issued by The Agency of Digital Policy and Security of Korea (KISA)
[2024-25-10] Cyber SEA Game - Thailand §
Won the Second prize in Cyber SEA Game 2024
The Cyber SEA Game is an annual Capture the Flag (CTF) competition for students and young engineers (under 26) from ASEAN member countries, sponsored by the Japanese government. In 2024, the competition was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 24–25, 2024. Each country is represented by one team. Representing Vietnam, the UIT.Wolf_Brigade team excelled in the competition, securing Second Place.
Issued by ASEAN-Japan Cybersecurity Capacity Building Centre (AJCCBC)
[2023-11-11] ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2023 §
Won the First prize in ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2023
ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security (ASCIS) is Capture the Flag contest for students from higher-education institutions in ASEAN. This year marked the 16th time the contest is organized for Vietnamese students and the fifth time its eligibility is expanded to include students from ASEAN region.
Issued by Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA)
[2022/23/24/25] Flare-on Challenges 9, 10, 11, 12 §
The Flare-On Challenge is one of the world’s hardest reverse engineering competitions, organized annually by Mandiant (a subsidiary of Google Cloud). Designed for elite malware analysts, reverse engineers, and cybersecurity professionals, it presents a series of highly sophisticated challenges that replicate real-world malware analysis and exploitation scenarios.