NCL Technology Updates

The National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL) participated in the ninth edition of the Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) – GovWare Exhibition & Conference , which took place from 15-17 October 2024, at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore. The Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) is the Asia-Pacific’s most established cybersecurity event organised by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) . Under the theme of “Trust and Security in the Digital Era” , SICW 2024 aimed to drive critical conversations and partnerships to foster trust and enhance security in the digital and cyber domain. The NCL team was present throughout all three days at the Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) pavilion , sharing insights about NCL's cloud services, tools, projects, and training programs, including cyber exercises and Capture the Flags (CTFs), and various opportunities available such as internships and scholarships. This year’s exhibition provided a pla...

GreyHats CTF 2024 , a Capture The Flag competition hosted jointly by NUS GreyHats and Division Zero (Div0) , and supported by the National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL) , took place on July 27th and 28th, 2024, at the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS). Over 80 participants from the top 20 teams of the GreyHats online qualifier competed in the onsite finals. Approximately 1,713 participants across 776 teams (549 international teams & 227 local teams) were participated in the qualifier. The CTF featured challenges from various categories, including Web Exploitation, Binary Exploitation, Reverse Engineering, Blockchain, Cryptography, and Miscellaneous. This year, GreyHats also hosted a summit on August 10th, 2024, at the School of Computing, NUS. The event featured talks and workshops on cybersecurity, offered students the opportunity to engage with our sponsors to explore opportunities, and the summit concluded with the CTF prize presenta...