NCL Technology Updates

The National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) would like to express our gratitude to the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) for including NCL as a co-partner in the Advanced Youth Cyber Exploration Programme (AYCEP) held on June 6-7, 2023. Approximately 70-80 finalists qualified and participated in the final Capture The Flag (CTF) competition and tabletop exercise, which took place at the ASEAN-Singapore Cybersecurity Centre for Excellence on June 7, 2023. NCL was also a part of the judging panel for the tabletop exercise. Together with Horangi, NCL provided technical training on Day 1 of AYCEP to prepare the participants for the CTF challenge. AYCEP showcased the immense potential and passion of Singapore's youth in the field of cybersecurity and provided a platform for collaboration, learning, and growth. It was an incredible experience witnessing the dedication, problem-solving skills, and teamwork displayed by the participants as they tackled challenging questio...

We want to see whether ChatGPT or other AI (MS-New_Bing or Google Bard) are able to help the user to go to some test environment to run cmd to solve the CTF challenges (Understand the challenge question and capture the flag). In this test case we will create a test environment to test ChatGPT and other AI's performance on solving a web-exploitation CTF challenges. We will build a CTF challenge question and related test environment as an example, we will also show how to use the Jailbreak Prompt such as Always Intelligent and Machiavellian chatbot prompt (AIM) to simplify the process (such as bypass most of OpenAI’s policy guidelines). Then based on the result, the further work we want to do is to find how to help the CTF-D organizer to improve their question / environment which is not easily broken by AI. Capture The Flags, or CTFs, are a kind of computer security competition. Teams of competitors (or just individuals) are pitted against each other in a test of computer securi...

The National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL) participated in Locked Shield 2023 , which took place in Estonia from April 18 to 21, 2023. Locked Shield 2023 is the world's largest live-fire cyber defense exercise hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) . Over 3,000 participants from 38 nations took part in the exercise, which involved protecting real computer systems from real-time attacks and simulating tactical and strategic decisions in critical situations. Locked Shields is a Red Team vs. Blue Team training exercise, with Blue Teams composed of NATO CCDCOE member nations and their partner nations. In addition to defending systems, teams must report incidents, execute strategic decisions, and solve forensic, legal, and media challenges. The exercise plan was prepared by 400 organizers , creating more than 5,500 virtual systems for its purpose. Locked Shield enables cybersecurity experts to enhance their skills in defending national...

On 24 March 2023, a delegation of visitors, Mr. Bai Jian (Deputy General Manager) and Mr. Adam Cheung (Senior Product Manager) from China Unicom (Singapore) Operations Pte. Ltd., visited the National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL), NUS to explore the potential collaboration opportunities. The visitors were welcomed and hosted by our Principal Investigators Associate Professor Chang Ee-Chien and Associate Professor Liang Zhenkai, School of Computing, National University of Singapore. From Left to Right: Mr. Seah Choon Meng (Program Director, NCL); Mr. Liu Yuancheng (Head of Technology, NCL); Mr. Adam Cheung (Senior Product Manager, China Unicom); Associate Professor Chang Ee-Chien (Principal Investigator, NCL); Mr. Bai Jian (Deputy General Manager, China Unicom); Associate Professor Liang Zhenkai (Principal Investigator, NCL) The National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL), NUS is a facility dedicated to cybersecurity research, development, and training. The lab is equipped with a ...

On 07th of March 2023, Assistant Professor Norrathep Rattanavipanon from Prince of Songkla Univeristy, Phuket Campus, Thailand visited National Cybersecurity R&D Laboratory (NCL). This was a technical visit organized by Associate Professor Liang Zhenkai, School of Computing, NUS. The purpose of the visit was to explore the NCL Testbed and projects being developed in the lab and to gain more knowledge about Cyber security services offered by NCL. From left to right: Associate Professor Liang Zhenkai, Mr Seah Choon Meng (Program Director, NCL), Assistant Professor Norrathep Rattanavipanon (Visitor) & Mr Liu Yuancheng (Head of Technology, NCL) Dr. Norrathep Rattanavipanon is currently an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Thailand. Though he is interested in various topics in security and privacy. Currently, his research focuses on embedded systems and IoT security, differential privacy, blockchain privacy, and soft...

National Cybersecurity R&D Lab (NCL) is very happy to host Mr. Sukwoo Lin as a Visiting Researcher, who have been selected for overseas training program sponsored by Korean Government. He is a Superintendent of the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA). From left to right: Mr Seah Choon Meng (Program Director, NCL); Mr Sukwoo Lim (Visitor); Associate Professor Chang Ee-Chien (Principal Investigator, NCL) Mr Sukwoo Lim has been working in Korean national police agency since 2016. Currently, he is working as a chief of criminal department at the Yeongdeungpo police station in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to joining the police, he worked as a lawyer for 3 years. He majored in Electrical Engineering. He has conducted investigations specializing in cyber terrorism and hacking investigations. His research topics focus on the cybersecurity law of Singapore, the role of the Cyber Security Agency as well as the cooperative relationship between the Cyber Security Agency and the Singapore...

Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX) 2022: We were thankful and elevated for the opportunity to support and host the inaugural Critical Infrastructure Defence Exercise (CIDeX) from 15 to 16 November at the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing. The cyber defence exercise involved over 100 participants from the Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) and 16 other national agencies across the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) sectors. CIDeX is the largest Operational Technology (OT) Critical Infrastructure defence exercise focused on training and strengthening Whole-Of-Government (WoG) cyber capabilities to detect and tackle cyber security threats to Information Technology (IT) and OT networks that control the operations of critical infrastructure. Read more at: https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/news-and-events/latest-releases/article-detail/2022/November/16nov22_nr